August already 2014

[Charliecat5]

After 24 hours of travelling we have arrived at our Villa in La Rochelle, France just in time for the bottom of Bertha to clip the coast leaving us running for cover like Obi wan Kenobi escaping the sand storms on Tatooine. However, between the showers the sun is hot and woods inviting, so before I sink head long into an evening of beer, crisps and more beer, I thought a little run would be fitting.

And what a lovely little run it was, just over 3 miles, mostly under the shade of the trees with the wind blowing a relatively cool breeze keeping the worse of the heat at bay. It was only the last half a mile or so when I got, ahem, lost, that I really began to feel the intensity of the heat radiating from above my head and from the pavement underneath my feet.

Back at the villa, I ran through the front door, out the back and straight into the pool. Glorious