Well, here's the other thing that happened on that run this morning...
I touched base with all the loveliest things about nature and being outdoors. There were blankets of bluebells in the forestry - and there's something about the lilac/blue of bluebells which is very calming. I saw a buzzard circling and hovering in the distance. And a pair of blackbirds whistled as they fussed over their nest and chicks.
A jackdaw scattered through branches as I pounded past. The cornflower blue sky was shimmering with 'mackerel sky' mini puffs of cloud. I briefly read an information sign about how the forestry commission is restoring ancient woodlands (ones established since the 1600s). They are felling imported tree species such as Scandinavian conifers, and replacing them with beautiful native oak, rowan, birch and beech.
I also enjoyed the buttercups, clover, small streams, twittering sparrows and smell of pine sap as I jogged along.
It all reminded me once again that us humans already have everything we could want - a delightful, harmonious eco-system with unbelievable beauty and diversity. Quite a nice thought for a Friday morning don't you think?
And at the end, I had a quick chat with a forestry worker who was parked up in his van, about 'borrowing' some wasting felled tree trunks for my wood burner. Bonus! Just don't tell anyone!
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