Rat Race Run Britannia - Week 3, day 1 - Whittle-le-Woods to Lancaster


Rivers and canals

Distance: 56.76km (total so far 710.94km)
Total climb: 374m (total so far 13,189m)
Steps: 65,031 (total so far 854,538)

Just some photos for this blog entry - I'm getting too far behind.


Heading out of Whittle-le-Woods towards Preston


Hobbits only need enter! (it was about 5 feet high)


Small obstacle on the way.


Canal path out of Preston


Needs a little restoration


Formation swans


 Checking out the new neighbours


Canal bridges are always worth a look - as long as you duck!


Support en route (for the other Martin in the group, in case anyone's wondering!)


A very overgrown path


Pausing on the route to let the cows cross was a new one!


The final long drag into Lancaster


And the view over the estuary


The Lancaster running club were also having an event. Needless to say, I didn't!

Song of the day - more difficult to find one for today. Let's go for "River of Dreams" by Billy Joel, since we were walking beside a river or canal for a lot of the day.

Last: Suburbia


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