As a warm up for today's last longish run I took young Lily over to Ilkley this morning for her first run out with Ilkley Harriers - they have a Saturday morning "drop in" fell run for families. It was a slightly nervous pair that arrived at Darwin Gardens, not sure if anyone would turn up, and also a bit worried about the fact Lily's not yet 8 and, despite really enjoying running, not sure whether we'd hold everyone back.
In the end we had a great time - there'd be maybe 10 or 12 running, led by Neil Chapman and Alison Bennett, who both took really good care of us. Lils struggled a bit on the first climb but apart from an occasional stitch, did really well. We ran a hilly 4 miles and everyone regrouped for us when we got behind, with a fun descent back to the car. Lils' verdict is that it was good fun (especially the bit in the clouds), but she'd prefer it to be a bit less muddy - so we'll go back in a few weeks when we've had a bit more dry weather.
Out for a few MP miles later - which will make this my first "double" ever!
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