Just a PSA and FYI to keep y'all safe out there. It's proper Chutney* season out there, great fun to be kicking the fallen leaves, but they can be lethal when wet and not forgetting what can be hidden within, like a stone or worse like dog poop.

*Chutney e.g. when fallen leaves just stars to decompose and it has or is raining, which causes the leaves to become very slippery, often worse than wet ice.

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A somewhat new route back from the garage, it's getting harder to find a route that does not include cows. I had managed to walk on the edge of one field to avoid them. The other herd I didn't see them until they poked their head up over the hill. It got a bit hairy as they were all curious and started to follow us. No matter what route we took they just came closer and closer. But what scared Paddy the most was the Alpaca's who came storming towards us and made the funniest sounds.

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I somehow lost or gained a kilometer, depending on how you look at it. Route planned was 5km according to Suunto mapping, Because of so many dogs in the park I cut the route short, out through car park instead of around the lake in the park. Yet, I got home and watch is now saying I ran 6km ... I clearly must have done a wrong turn somewhere, oh well not important since recovery food was bangers and mash with homemade chocolate brownies for pudding ;)

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Another run about in these hills, could get used to this ;) Heard about the cannibal sheep found around these parts, gulp! Does bear spray work against them?

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Today's run and RAAAD includes a public health warning.

We had a labyrinth of beautiful forests trails, glorious muddy toes, sun at last, trees, uphill on very rocky tails, downhills on bedrock, mixed with hikers, mountain bikers, fortress/prison with a grim history and a great view over Pamplona, which turned into 7km of good fun.

As I stopped to take a snap of the great view, we got overtaken by a couple of fellow trail runners. Paddy the Irish mutt, saw this as "let's run together" and took off at high speed. We managed to catch up and keep up for about 400-500m before they turned off the trail we were running. Speed was kept up because of Today Run An Album A Day was Yello and their absolutely brilliant and sublime album Flag (Remastered*).

Note the * there above, see when you have already started out a bit too hard to the tune that is Tied Up, climed steep section while Blazing Saddles is blasting, you therefore don't need The Race to be the next on the playlist followed by Tied up in Red etc. And since this is the Remastered version there's a 13 min long 12" of The Race, which I highly recommend not to be playing while driving, cycling or running. If the short LP version blows your legs and lungs, there's no way you would do these activities slowly while the 12" is playing.

Since we are still here tomorrow, I think I'll do it all again, as these trails are great fun.

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