And today's lesson is...

... if you see the top of a trail you have never taken before and the bottom of a trail you have never taken before, do not assume they are the same trail.  I did that at Biltmore today.
It is a lovely grumpy day today - temperature in the 50s and threat of rain. (It actually started raining the moment I got in the car to come home). Someone has laid fresh wood chips on the path round the bass pond to deter me from heading off the beaten track again. The fence in the picture is the one I got stuck behind a few weeks ago.
At a rough punt, I walked between 4 and 5 miles today. My route is marked in yellow,starting and ending by the lagoon, top right..
It's odd to think that just 3 months ago I was really pushing myself to do 5 laps a day of the 200 metre walking track at Wake Forest. And that was dead flat and I had Marvin to lean on - not that I miss him. I also had to wear the Darth Vader mask which is now a less than fond memory (though it's still in the glove box of my car in preparation for what's about to be done to the EPA.)
Final moan for the day - why does Blogger make it so bloody hard to put pictures in a post?








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