August or bust....

[Bierzo Baggie]

No midweek running again. Just a couple of escapades on my bike, a bright pink racer which I bought second hand from a village shop in Devon a few years ago. It has served me well.

Saturday morning run around the river. Counted three fishermen out in waders and one of them was reeling in a fairly decent sized trout. The river in question incidentally is the River Sil, which from its picturesque source on the Asturias/León border nourishes more reservoirs than any other watercourse in Spain. Or so I’m told. One of the reservoirs is just north of Ponferrada. I passed it on my bike last week and estimated that it must be about half empty although there’s an entire village submerged underneath and there’s still enough water to cover the church tower so in retrospect maybe it’s not so bad.

Anyway, got back home in just over 38 minutes. Only the third time out this month.