My first discovery of the day was that apparently the UK is receiving some ‘exceptional’ weather. You only have to watch the news or listen to the radio and you will be given various warnings: amber, low-level flooding, high tides, severe flood warnings, red, danger to life, tidal surge and localised flooding to name but a few. Now….let me just make this clear: I sympathise with people that have been affected by the ‘exceptional’ weather. But….I am fed-up of the media storm (no pun intended) that has been created. A couple of minutes watching Sky News and I’m ready to throw the bloody TV out the window (although I remember screwing the bloody bracket on the wall so I doubt I could manage it). The language they use is ridiculous: the sea ‘battering’ the coastline; the latest storm ‘thundered’ in; the flood waters are ‘frightening’; ‘ripped’ apart; left in ‘tatters’. So I headed out the door for today’s Janathon run expecting nothing more than it being an extra bit muddy at the woods.
My second discovery…..the frightening storm that thundered in had battered the woods leaving them ripped apart and it tatters, left an amazing amount of water. This is the estate I live on*, not a house in sight….
And the discoveries kept on coming. I recently read a blog (can’t actually remember what one – I’ve read a lot recently) about some things that had clearly been lost at the woods, which included a Johnny Depp DVD. I love that people pick up stuff and hang them on trees and bushes for others to find. So I give you a selection of items, left in prominent positions, for their original owners to reclaim….
Ooooo….better actually mention what I did for day three of Janathon…
Total Janathon mileage = 11.37
* this is a lie
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Socks I always see socks or shoes only one at a time makes me wonder how the person with one leg is getting on
Well the one handed man must visit my woods…
In the woods near me, inconsiderate dog owners tie there poop bags to the branches of trees. Gross!
I know what you mean, why do they do that!
Laziness, thick, incosiderate, take your pick.
The theory is that they put them there to collect on the way back from the dog walk but they forget. I much prefer Minions.
(By the way the Johnny Depp DVD was my day 1 blog. )
Of course it was! Wellmy minion beats your DVD!
I think we’ve been lucky, there’s been sunshine all day today. Its raining now, but it was sunny for a bit!!
always wondered what the name for those yellow scissor-like shears was. Thanks!
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Yikes! 11.7 miles… Last time I did that I was in a car…
Not tuning into Sky coverage or any other coverage on the weather recently, but just hearing the roof of my house creaking in 100 + kpm winds the other night has left me severely traumatized. :-0