We decided on a 'lazy' day. The weather was pretty wild and we thought we would be 'radical' and stay at home. Before we did that though we had the simple task of walking Ivor and getting a bit of fresh air ourselves. Blair had already been out running a couple of times and I was getting hacked off so we decided on a run out to Meanish Pier which we could do as a circuit from the house.
I wasn't too sure how I would manage, the roads being quite steep in parts but on we went anyway. We stopped at the pier for a look around but there was nothing much to see (and no photos as we had forgotten our phones).
The climb away from the pier was pretty steep and involved a short stop at the top for a bit of a breather. The wind was keeping me cool and we managed to have wind in our faces throughout the walk. Thankfully I didn't feel that it was holding me back and I managed the run home, running a total of 6.85 miles in 1hr and 13 minutes. My longest run yet!
Back at the cottage and after freshening up we headed to the Red Roof Cafe for our second visit. This time we were having lunch. Blair chose the Gamekeepers Platter (with venison, pheasant pate and venison chorizo) and I chose the Gardeners Salad (salad of the day which was a bulgur), red pepper pate and hummus. Both served with homemade bread, oatcakes and saurkraut and not to mention the wonderful locally grown salad leaves - these were just amazing and the mustard leaf was exceptionally hot! Following the salad we had a lovely coffee and cake - cardomon, white chocolate and coconut for me and toffee cake for Blair.
We had hoped to have a BBQ tonight but the weather wasn't playing ball. It was dry and the sun was peaking through but the wind was just too much and was cooling the air quite a bit. Instead we had our caramelised red onion pork sausages from a frying pan (my first pork sausages in years!).
