28 August 2014

But love and years are not for sale, In our old house on the lake

The fire is lit, my sister is saying 'really, can't you put the phone down?'...oh, now I've told her I'm blogging not working, she's changed her tune and says 'Hi everyone!'.

Never go camping with your siblings when you're adults and have dependents. Campfire stories are a whole new kind of horror. I swear there isn't a thing about our childhood John now doesn't know. Including that she once discovered I had worn her underwear. thanks, Sis!


Anyway, apart from that, the tents are great, not like camping too much - just enough. Outdoors is right there, but indoors is dry and cosy and big enough to stand up in.

We've enjoyed the outdoors - walking and canoeing and clambering through trees.


Been a bit wet today, so we went on a steam train ride and then a boat trip. All sort of indoors - well, we had a roof over our head, anyway. If we wanted it.

I do feel sorry for the general public who stumble upon us all unexpectedly...

Old lady, to Sherlock, who has his chin on the rail of the boat and is staring into the water: "Are you looking for fish, dear? Have you seen any yet?"

Sherlock: "No, looking for dead bodies and I haven't seen one yet but Lestrade says there probably are some."*

*I did not say this, exactly. I said, in answer to his question, that there had probably been dead bodies in there at some time in history.

Anyway, she looked shocked and managed to stutter out a 'Good!'.

And it's been a YEAR since John forgot to run away and found himself swept along on the tide of life and somehow saying 'I do' to a registrar.

An amazing year. An amazing few years, but this last one has really been amazing. I need a word other than amazing here, don't I? But it is - has been - will keep on being, if we have our way!

Camping just always makes me think of John asking me to marry him. I...very much didn't expect it. Even though I'd sort of...well, wanted to do it myself, sometimes, I don't know, it's hard to explain.

Being here just brings it all home, anyway, the change - the difference in me. From all those years when I didn't want to see Nicky because I was embarrassed at what my life had become, to now, when we're all here, on holiday, and I'm proud of everything - the boys, John, I'm proud and happy and I want to share all that.


Right now, I'll share this, with you.


135 comments:

Joolz said...

A wonderful year indeed. :) I'm so pleased that you feel in such a better place in your life now and are happy and proud of all you have. It just makes everything so much more special to know that you have that, have John and the boys and Nicky and everyone. Here's to many more amazing years together. :)

The tipis look fab, nice to be camping and have a little bit of comfort too, and nice to have happy camping memories with John too, even if current camp fire stories are getting a bit close to the bone. Do we want to know the underwear story or is that best kept under wraps. ;)

If that's the adult version of the climbing adventure then I definitely think it was worth being 10 for the day, Sherlock, even though lying is not something to indulge in without adult supervision. ;)

Enjoy yourselves :)

Small Hobbit said...

Hi Nicky!

Sounds like you're all having a great time. L, you wouldn't be sharing any of your sister's secrets at all, would you?

Greg Lestrade said...

Joolz - I just knew it was a 'thing' some people have - wearing women's underwear! And was hardly going to borrow Mum's ;) Anyway...wasn't for me. Definitely not. And anyway, hers were too small...

SH - of course not!! I'm a lovely big brother ;)

Nicky said...

I hope that wasn't an attempt at bragging, Orio!

It's great being here with you, John and the boys. Even if you and John are almost sickeningly sweet with all your hand-holding and blowing kisses and sprawling all over each other by the fire. I would say you'll grow out of it, but I hope you never do.

Greg Lestrade said...

Never!

Glad you're enjoying - the holiday, not the stuff which your daughter has now taught Sherlock to say 'get a room!' about...thanks for that, Carla.

John H. D. Watson said...

And was hardly going to borrow Mum's

You definitely made the right choice there.

Very much enjoying being sickeningly sweet with you by the way.

Greg Lestrade said...

Ha, and me with you.

Also enjoying Sherlock being so tired he goes to his own tent to bed with no arguments! Now if only we could install a lake, some hills and a treetop assault course between home and school...

Anonymous said...

That picture of the tipis is gorgeous.

I love hearing that you guys are affectionate and loving enough to show it. I'm getting sentimental as I age - I'm lately all mushy about a couple of friends (who've been together 15 years) who are going to New York to get married legally (which same sex couples cannot YET do in my home state). The 80-something father of one of them (a retired judge) will be performing the ceremony. Every time I think about it I get misty-eyed.

Carla is fulfilling the horizon-broadening role that slightly older cousins performed in my life. It's meant to be.

Hope the good times continue.

fA

Unknown said...

wow, I never thought I would have camping envy, but that place is gorgeous! Glad you all are having a good anniversary vacation.
S

Kestrel337 said...

That looks like an amazing challenge course, and well done to those who are able to complete one. I'm not sure I could anymore, and I'm certain I wouldn't be able to hold a phone or camera steady enough to take such a fabulous picture of it!

Your camping trip sounds like the exact right balance between 'outside' and 'civilized'. Good times for all ages.

REReader said...

Gorgeous camping site, I might almost be persuaded to go somewhere like that! ;)

Also thank you for sharing your anniversary happiness with us.

pandabob said...

I'm glad you're having a great trip away and that it's full of such happy and fun times for so many of the people who are important to you Greg :-)

I hope today has been another great one for you all :-)

Greg Lestrade said...

It has! Although Nicky made the mistake of asking John about his work with the police, so then got a run down of the ways Sherlock would kill us all.... Hope you sleep easy in your bed tonight, Nicks!!

Nicky said...

I'm sure he'd go for you first, not me.

May I say how outdoorsy you and your husband look, with your overgrown stubble, too? Very wild man of the woods. Although I note that yours is entirely grey now. John's is much better camouflage.

Greg Lestrade said...

my stubble is all the better to scrub into your face when I kiss you goodbye tomorrow morning!


Can you stick your head out into the rain and check the kids haven't floated away?

(it is, in case anyone was in any doubt, pissing it down here. We are snuggled in our tipi, and very glad we have no tent to fold away tomorrow!)

Nicky said...

They haven't. Sherlock demanded you two go over there, but now he's asleep, so maybe don't bother?

Greg Lestrade said...

We didn't go over. Sherlock knew. Something about corners of the fnug... Terrifying, that child. Lucky I don't want to keep any secrets from them!

And now we're saying our goodbyes and all heading home...

Greg Lestrade said...

Sherlock isn't speaking to us, because during a bizarre argument over whether fairies are real or not, Mycroft said 'if they are, I don't want to know what Fairy Liquid is made of' and we all laughed and wouldn't explain why.

He's in full sulk mode now.

Anonymous said...

It's hard being the youngest, sometimes. Probably even harder when you're so very smart, and good at noticing. Hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend, you all have Monday off, too, don't you? (Though I guess since police and most retail workers have to cover all 7 days of the week, that's not guaranteed for you household.)

fA

Greg Lestrade said...

Nop,e no Monday off. Sherlock's back at school on Monday. I would be back at work, but given my recent excursion and my backlog of toil I'm taking it off as it's Mycroft's last day with us and we've got things to sort out for his return to school on Tuesday.

John ...I assume has it off, but he might've decided sick prisoners are preferable to the washing load after camping ;)

pandabob said...

IT'S NOT FAIR that the summer holidays are nearly over!!! :-(

I'm glad you've all had a great time away :-)

Greg Lestrade said...

I've no idea how they are nearly over. They used to last about a year when I was a kid. This one has been a few days, right?

...I just opened the fridge to get milk out for tea. Maf ran inside and sat on the bottom shelf. We then stared at each other.

pandabob said...

We had so many plans back in July and I'm sure we've done less than half of them!

it's nice to know that maf hasn't changed her madness while you've been away isn't it? ;-)

Greg Lestrade said...

Yeah, I'm sure Sherlock was going to have learnt another 3 languages and swum the channel by now... ;)

I think she's very keen that we don't forget to take her with us again... she climbed John's leg when we got home. And it's not as if Mrs Hudson doesn't spoil her rotten when we're away!

pandabob said...

We weren't aiming for anything that impressive but with it being the last summer before the middle one starts school we were hoping to make the most of it ;-)

I suspect Maf feels that if the dogs get to go then so should she :-)

Greg Lestrade said...

in a way I find it reassuring that time gets away from the boys, too! Also means we've been sufficiently entertaining...I hope?

My only ambition has been to spend as much time as possible with them all...and I haven't even managed that very well! Let alone a whole new skill...

Greg Lestrade said...

as a household, we have eaten a small country's yearly supply of pancakes this morning.

REReader said...

Now I'm hungry for pancakes...

Anonymous said...

Seems to me the last dregs of summer holidays have been spent exceptionally well this past week, up to and including today.

The cruelest thing here is that it is still brutally hot but almost all of the [public] pools have closed now that school is back in session (they went back last week.)

fA

Greg Lestrade said...

today's been lovely. Gone and weeded the allotment, been to the park for a run with the dogs, and we're now having a huge pizza-based evening out, complete with wine, garlic and lots of cheese. We know how to live!

Joolz said...

A perfectly normal kind of day to round off your hols - what could be better. :)

Hope you have a fun day back at school in your new class tomorrow, Sherlock. I bet it'll be exciting getting to use your new reading loft.

Enjoy your evening everyone. :)

Anonymous said...

You do know how to live! And sometimes, life is good. Very, very good.

fA

Sherlock said...

We can take in a pillow or a blanket for the loft if we want and I've got an ice cream sundae

Joolz said...

That'll be nice to make it feel more comfortable and have your own place to sit.

Pizza and ice cream is the perfect treat. Is it a make your own sundae with sweets and sauce too - delicious. Enjoy yourselves. :)

Greg Lestrade said...

We're really living it up now - Our final real night of the holidays and....we're sewing name tags in school uniform! Oh yeah! Rock and roll!!

REReader said...

It's so you avoid the vacation bends. :)

Small Hobbit said...

Ah yes, been there, done that!

Anonymous said...

It's too late and/or too early to be up here, but I slept a lot last night and visited with friends till the early morning hours, so now I'm up with a last glass of wine and olives. Olives made me think of Mycroft & Sherlock. (We won't dwell on how my mind works, please.)

Hope everyone else's Monday is proceeding well, or if you're in my time zone you are up for more interesting reasons than "I don't have to get up for work in the morning."

fA

Greg Lestrade said...

We have found out that Mycroft, although he clearly can't work at the deli during term time, has been asked to design their new website while he's at school, and they'll pay him to do that. And also want him back next holiday.

Love that young man so much. So proud of him.

REReader said...

There is no better proof that one is valued as an employee--VERY well done, Mycroft!

Did Sherlock find the excitement of starting in the oldest group a bit of a compensation for starting school a day earlier than Mycroft?

pandabob said...

You must have made an incredible impression on the boss Mycroft :-). Not that there was any doubt that you would :-)

I hope everyone is enjoying their day :-)

Anonymous said...

As pandabob says, we all expected that your employers would come to value you highly, Mycroft! It's still nice to hear it expressed in concrete terms. John, L, & your mum must be very proud of you. Not everyone does so well in so many different areas.

Hope Sherlock's report on his first day in the new class was positive.

fA

Anonymous said...

It really is a great feeling to be appreciated when you've worked hard, well done Mycroft!

Greg Lestrade said...

Sherlock's okay. Bit tired, after having a new routine to get used to, and having to go to school. But he seems happy enough in his new class.

REReader said...

Big day for him! I'm glad he's liking the new class. Who's his new teacher?

pandabob said...

I'm glad Sherlock has had a good day back at school :-)

I hop you've all had a good evening.

Becca said...

I'm glad Sherlock had a good day at school today. Today is when all the kids went back, and I always remember that first day as being exhausting.

And good for Mycroft! I had a feeling he'd do well there.

Had sort of a terrible day yesterday. I went to the US Open and ended up with heat stroke (I didn't pass out, just got the chills and dizzy) and then in the fog lost/got stolen my very expensive two week old phone. *sigh*

Becca said...

And yes, anyone who asks, I took myself to the first aid and made out with an ice bag for two hours.

Anonymous said...

Oh Becca! How miserable for you. And going to the Open should have been such a good day.

Hope you feel fine today. Did you have any insurance on the phone? Usually I don't on my phones, and I'm waiting for the day that I'm really, really sorry.

fA

Greg Lestrade said...

Sorry to hear that, Becca. Hope you're feeling better now.

Have you tried lost property for the phone? You never know, there are a few good folk out there.

Small Hobbit said...

Aw, Becca, sorry to hear that. Hope you're better now. Definitely not the way that day should have gone.

Mycroft, best wishes to you as you return to school. Hope you have a great term.

Good luck to everyone with offspring heading back to school. Enjoy the peace while you can.

REReader said...

Oh, Becca, I'm sorry you had such a bad experience. Here's hoping your phone is recovered--L is right, you should try the Lost & Found, it can't hurt. (I lost my very expensive prescription glasses at a show a few years back, and Lost & Found had them--that saved me a few hundred dollars, so it's worth a shot.)

Here's hoping everyone going to school has a really good day!

pandabob said...

has Mycroft made his return to school today?

good luck with another years hard work Mycroft :-)

I hope the day has treated everyone well and that you have some great plans for the peace and quiet after the holidays John ;-)

Greg Lestrade said...

We have, finally ,left Mycroft at school. And the dogs. And Anthea.

And our little flat will seem much bigger and emptier when we get back.

pandabob said...

I'm glad he's back ok :-)

The space will be filled with an extra active Sherlock keeping you on your toes I'm sure ;-)

Becca said...

Tried lost and found, thank you for the suggestion, and struck out. Will try them once more at the end of the tournament, but I'm just about to go on a trip out of town and so I bit the bullet and bought a new phone.

I hope Mycroft and Sherlock have a great start to the school year.

pandabob said...

I hope you're all having a productive day and that you're making use of some quiet time John :-)

Greg Lestrade said...

Trying to remember how this work thing goes

Greg Lestrade said...

I think everyone's been waiting for me to get back before suddenly my team are needed everywhere.

Anon Without A Name said...

Always the way, isn't it? You take a holiday, then you need another holiday to cope with all the work you come back to. A colleague swears by taking three weeks off - if you take a fortnight or less, it's all still waiting for you, if you take three weeks, someone has to deal with it in your absence. I've never tried it, but it's very tempting.

Greg Lestrade said...

bit worrying when the criminals all save up the murders/kidnappings/rapes when you're on shift though.

"Yeah, you're all right, Lestrade's back. That dopey bugger'll never catch you."

;)

Anon Without A Name said...

Hah, yeah - possibly works better on boring office jobs :-)

Lancs. Anon said...

And yet they wanted you out on Ascension!

I start a new job tomorrow, for the first time in 23 years. I weirdly don't feel nervous and I find that a bit worrying!

Anon Without A Name said...

Good luck, Lancs Anon :-)

Greg Lestrade said...

Yeah, good luck, Lancs.!

Night all.

Small Hobbit said...

All the best, Lancs Anon!

Becca said...

Best of luck Lancs! I just did that myself and so far it's gone swimmingly.

Anonymous said...

Adding to the good luck wishes, Lancs Anon!

And, wishes for good sleep to all.

fA

Lancs. Anon said...

Thanks everyone! Got past the first hurdle, didn't oversleep!

Joolz said...

A definite good start to your first day, Lancs Anon, best of luck. :)

Have a great day everyone else, whether you're out at work/school or busy at home. :)

REReader said...

Good luck all goes as smoothly as waking up, Lanc, and wishing everyone a good day!

(I've managed to pull or strain a muscle in my lower back, and all its friends think they should spasm in sympathy. Ow.)

REReader said...

And I just realized--isn't Sherlock's birthday coming up? (How are you liking school so far this year, Sherlock?)

Greg Lestrade said...

Yeah, few weeks yet, but he's already excited as only a small person can be.

He seems to have settled back in well, although he's now one of the youngest in the class again, which will take a bit of getting used to!

London...please stop killing each other, going missing, etc. We've got enough to do now!

Lancs. Anon said...

Cheers, everyone, it went OK, I reckon I'm going to get lost a lot :)

Small Hobbit said...

At least you've not been sent to Wales, L - be grateful for small mercies!

Greg Lestrade said...

Very true! Maybe that's why it's all kicked off here - the criminals think we're all over in Welsh Wales babysitting politicians.

REReader said...

Good to hear, Lancs! (Well, not the getting lost part. ;))

Pre-birthday excitement is entirely appropriate, especially when you lot are so good at birthday surprises! And I'm glad to hear Sherlock's year is getting off to a good start.

Anonymous said...

Glad Sherlock seems to be settling in to the new classroom. I feel like a woman of leisure as the younger parents around me sort out the new school year. Supply lists, sports schedules, after school care or lessons or practices, lunches and clothing and medical certificates and forms to fill out . . . Whew!

Hope the criminals of greater London are stupider and less energetic at this end of the week.

fA

Greg Lestrade said...

I do enjoy finding my husband at crime scenes, with his expert knowledge and a heavy dose of sarcasm all wrapped in a paper suit.

"He's dead, but hopefully you'd worked that out for yourself"

Anonymous said...

Comments like that would incline one to fall in love, if you hadn't already done so.

fA

Greg Lestrade said...

I do enjoy finding him at home, trying to work out if Sherlock has done his homework or not, even more. Despite the fact he doesn't wear a paper suit...

(Should say earlier 'dead' comment was in response to me pointing at an injured person and asking a question about him....which I did get a very professional answer to ;) )

John H. D. Watson said...

To be fair, he was dead. Really most sincerely dead.

Greg Lestrade said...

Undoubtedly dead. Even with my lack of medical training, I would have diagnosed deadness.

Anonymous said...

Y'all bring a smile to my face.

On a tangent, John, you cause me to wonder what Sherlock would make of the Wizard of Oz movie. I can't quite imagine him sitting through it.

fA

Becca said...

On another tangent, John, don't know if you've been following the tennis at the US Open, but Federer is back in the semi-finals with a terrific win over Monfils, and good odds to get into the final over Cilic.

John H. D. Watson said...

fA - he hasn't seen it...I don't think? I imagine he'd point out everyone that was unrealistic and then ask if he could have a flying monkey.

Becca - I have been following, though I haven't managed to actually see the matches. He's been making me very nervous!

Greg Lestrade said...

It's amazing to see Sherlock growing up - he's so much...when I say 'less work' I mean, he's happy to entertain himself, go off on these huge tangents of exploration in that brain of his, fuelled by plenty of internet sites that can tell him about a million things we can't. But equally happy to help water the allotment or find frogs in the park or badger us for stories of our work.

Anonymous said...

Amazing is the perfect word to describe watching kids one loves and knows well grow up, I think. Especially for those of us who've been blessed with kids who do not have extraordinarily difficult or tragic paths.

fA

pandabob said...

It is rather amazing seeing kids change as they get older you're right, my middle one was 4 this week and she seemed to change over night and I'm sure it'll be even worse next week when she goes to school!

I hope you are all able to enjoy some of today, and that you have better weather for it than we do ;-)

Greg Lestrade said...

I'm working.

John is working far harder though - we're going to see the tall ships tomorrow. Sherlock is practising his piracy skills today... John is probably currently tied to a mast or being called a landlubber or both.

pandabob said...

Why is it that all kids want to be pirates?

Good luck with work, I hope it's busy enough to be swift yet easy enough to leave you with energy to rescue John later :-)

Greg Lestrade said...

He'd been quieter on the pirate front until we said we could go the ships... he was busy deciding he'd become a mix of Robin Hood and Tarzan last week.

I'm spending my lunch time making myself a sword and eyepatch, to go into battle when I get home.

pandabob said...

I can't think of a better way to break up a day than that :-D

I can't wait for one of my kids to be big enough to have a go on climbing things like you were on last week just so I have an excuse to have a go ;-)

Sherlock said...

John said you're silly and we're trying to make meringue because we picked fruit this morning and we want it with meringue and cream and Maftet jumped on the worktop and tried to eat it and John said he lived in a madhouse.

Anonymous said...

Poor John. And lucky John. I grew up wanting four kids because I wanted my house to always be full of Stuff Going On. Once I had one, I realized that stopping at two was plenty to fulfill that goal!

I remember being fascinated with ancient Egypt at about Sherlock's age. Good thing you have the allotment. The "making bricks out of mud and straw" project is definitely not an indoor one. (Don't know if they'd ever dry in your climate.)

Happy Pirating!

fA

Martha Hudson said...

Oh my goodness, if that's you trying to knock the plaster off my ceiling by chasing Sherlock, Detective Inspector, then believe you me, I'll have you down here fixing it! I saw you sneaking in with your eyepatch and cutlass.

You boys really are a tonic, but you'll give an old lady a heart attack!

Greg Lestrade said...

Sorry Mrs H. Just getting my retaliation in first.

Now debating (much more quietly, and with no risk to your plasterwork) if we can give Maf 9 tails...

Anonymous said...

Should you attempt to give Maf 9 tails, Sherlock may get in some practice cleaning and bandaging minor flesh wounds.

So it's all good.

fA

Joolz said...

I'm sure you thrashed him soundly, Sherlock. :) I hope there was much swashbuckling done in readiness for tomorrow. Have fun with the tall ships. Is Mycroft coming too or is it too soon after him going back to school.

Sherlock said...

A cat'o'nine tails ISN'T a cat with nine tails that was Lestrade being silly and John said if he touched Maftet he'd have to sleep in the cellar.

I can't wait to see the ships tomorrow and Lestrade said we could go to breakfast first AND go on the cable car and maybe get the boat back. It will be the best.

pandabob said...

He is silly isn't he Sherlock :-D

It sounds like you'll have a great time tomorrow, I hope the weather is good to you and that you've had lots of sleep before you read this so you have lots of energy for fun :-)

Greg Lestrade said...

The weather is set to be fair. And John has...almost... convinced Sherlock he'd get bored on a boat, with endless ocean, no phones or internet, the same people all the time for months on end. Almost.

Anonymous said...

Well of course it's very boring until the Kraken arrives.

Or until the crew mutinies. After that it gets very exciting.

Ella

Unknown said...

Tall ships are grand, I remember seeing them in Boston many, many years ago. Have a wonderful time! good to know you're in practice with the eyepatch and cutlass. ;)
I've been to a wedding, a wonderful blend of traditional and non-traditional elements. now i have a lot of pictures to sort through... though I think I'll probably just copy the whole lot onto a dvd for the happy couple.
S

Sherlock said...

I had waffles and pancakes and French toast and bacon for breakfast and now we're on the DLR going to the cable car and the boats

REReader said...

You are certainly well-fueled for a fun day, Sherlock! (Have a wonderful time. :))

Greg Lestrade said...

Well, we walked from the dangleway to the Cutty Sark. Saw boats. And Sherlock hauled himself and all that breakfast up some rigging!!

Joolz said...

Oh that sounds excellent, what a brilliant afternoon. Did you make it all the way up to the Crow's Nest, Sherlock? How many piratical battles did you all have to fight to make your way back off the ships again after. ;)

Kestrel337 said...
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Greg Lestrade said...

He is, at least, tired now. I was fearing that much breakfast would fuel him all day and into the night

Sherlock said...

You get keel HAULED you swarm up rigging you don't haul up rigging.

Greg Lestrade said...

I'm so sorry. In my defence, pirates are traditionally not very grammatically correct. Or something

Anonymous said...

Dear lord. Educating Sherlock seems to be a double-edged sword. Gives him yet more scope for disappointment in the powers of others.

Sounds like a great day, though!

fA

REReader said...

Well, Sherlock, while I fully believe you swarmed up the rigging, if I would've been the one climbing, "haul" would definite have been the more accurate verb. ;)

Greg Lestrade said...

Oh God...john and i just did our longest run yet. I am dead. He will point to me when Sherlock's home and say 'and he's dead, as you can see for yourself and then Sherlock will experiment on my body.

pandabob said...

I'm sure Sherlock will enjoy that although you will probably not ;-)

Good luck recovering in time for the school run!!

Anonymous said...

Congrats on the long run! (How long was it?)

I doubt your personal physician would allow you on any runs that would literally kill you, so Sherlock will have to survive without a nice fresh corpse. I do hope your energy is enough restored to counter or to flee from his assaults (piratical or otherwise) else it may be a long evening.

fA

Greg Lestrade said...

A shade under 12 miles. ... let's just say that Mo Farah's record is quite, quite safe.

pandabob said...

12 miles is pretty impressive! I don't think I could run 0.12 miles ;-)

have you managed to keep going through the day or are all your muscles in need of a rub now?

Anonymous said...

12 miles is AWESOME. Especially since (if I remember right) you're planning a half marathon, not the full distance? You are there! Unless you're shooting for a time goal, now.

[Of course, I am easy to impress because I still haven't broken seven miles without a lot of walking.]

fA

REReader said...

I agree, pandabob--12 miles is far. (The whole Manhattan Island is 13.4 miles long, so...yes, QUITE far.) I certainly would not be able to run that far!

I could walk that far, but I would complain a lot.

Greg Lestrade said...

My muscles always need a rub!

It's the first time we've done anything like this far, and yes, in 33 days we have to do 13...with less very very slow jogging. But we won't run this far again, now we know we can do it! Just going to concentrate on going a bit faster over shorter distances.

Anonymous said...

Well, I'm impressed with anyone who finishes, whatever their time.

RR, your I could walk that far, but I would complain a lot. just makes me grin and grin. I've been on hikes like that.

fA

Anonymous said...

12 miles! I'm barely up to 7. I must apply myself more diligently.

Ella

KHolly said...

Wow, I only managed 1.2 miles today. Tried a new route looking for a 3 mile loop. It was the worst "run" I've had since the start of the summer. Steep and jarring on the downhills and just plain steep on the uphills. I need to move back to flat land.

REReader said...

fA--true is true--I would! ;)

Joolz said...

Morning all. After all that amazing running I hope you guys aren't too stiff this morning. Ok walking rapidly away from that one! ;)
Have a great day everyone. :)

Greg Lestrade said...

Just about okay. John was very diligent about our stretching regime! Just a bit stiff around my lower back and shoulders. Need to work on relaxing when i run more.

Still, very happy we did it!

pandabob said...

Have you had a nice day gents? I hope the stiffness didn't hinder plans ;-)

How's school going Sherlock? Have you read the loft out of books yet?

Sherlock said...

We do lots and it's good and if I finish I can go to the loft and read too and we can choose books as well AND there's Kindles and I like it and Mrs K says I'm doing well and that I'm enthusiastic. AND we have cookery class now too but not every week.

REReader said...

What a wonderful start to your school year, Sherlock--and doing well and being enthusiastic is excellent!

pandabob said...

I'm glad school is going so well Sherlock and its nice to see you so enthusiastic about it :-)

Sleep well :-)

Mycroft said...

This is a very interesting discovery. I do hope that a lot of evidence has been preserved. It would be a great mystery to finally solve. And perhaps serve as a warning to Sherlock with regard to his current profession of choice on the high seas.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-29131757

Anonymous said...

That's very cool, the expedition's been such a mystery for so long

Anonymous said...

Hey Mycroft, glad your not too busy with your studies to find us things like that.

Ebs

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