Storm Goretti

There is a little extra snow overnight, Sunday in to Monday, and L and Daughter run in it despite L having quite a bad cough. 

 

I cycle in the evening the first time in six weeks and it’s a painful experience. Afterwards I visit my Dad and take down his Christmas tree. I’ve already taken down ours. These fibre optic things are very easy to deal with. 

On Tuesday L heads off in the morning rain, still coughing and spluttering, to Pilates. The rain turns all the remaining snow to slush which then freezes overnight. So it's like an ice rink everywhere on Wednesday yet L still, very bravely, splutters through a morning run. 

At dog training later the lane we have to drive down to get there is closed and the diversion, which takes us down a very minor road, is underwater where the snow has all thawed. I manage to wade the car through but take a longer and easier route home. 

Storm Goretti hits on Friday which brings the snow back. L and Daughter are up at 5:30am, fitting it in before Daughter's work shift, to run in it. Later we attempt one of those elusive Friday nights but L is still coughing too much to get involved in anything too amorous like kissing. 

On Saturday all of Nottingham’s Parkruns are iced off bar Forest Rec but we play safe and again head to Sherwood Pines. We are again assuming that flat and no tarmac will make it a safe bet. Safe, as it turns out, was the wrong word. Many runners slip over on the ice including me, causing me to gash the back of my head. The Lad is far from happy that I slowed him down and we are (understandably) three minutes slower than last time. We have a recovery coffee, a bacon sandwich and examine my bruises at Limes cafe. We spend the evening in the Legion. 

On Sunday, Derby play Leeds in the FA Cup 3rd Round. Derby take the lead but lose 3-1. 

Meanwhile L and Daughter are at Colwick lake where the water temperature is 2.1 degrees with chunks of ice floating on top. They are allowed three minutes in water before being strongly 'advised' to get out.

(Sunday 11^th January)