January 15th - Gateshaw Brae & Morebattle Hill

Heavy-legged after yesterday's long 'un, to the extent that I was having to climb rather than vault the gate into the field where my office sits. Still bloody windy, so wasn't looking forward to my run. Headed out at 3:30, just in time to squeeze it in before dark. Actually felt quite chipper after a few minutes, and by the time I reached the top of Gateshaw Brae after 16 minutes the plump contours of Morebattle looked so alluring that I extended my intended route down into the valley and up the other side. About 35 minutes altogether. Really quite bored with running in the wind now. Have almost forgotten what it's like to run in straight lines!
Tina, my horsey landlady, has built some make-shift jumps in the woods just to make those after-dark runs interesting (see below)...