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Motorways, nature and art

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Tuesdays are my day in the office. My journey takes me from South-East London to Folkestone along the M20. It is about as direct a route as you can get and a good journey - unless the motorway is closed, which it was on this particular morning. Operation Brock was being put into place to help park lorries on their way to France. It was 5:30am and I faced a decision. Return home, take an alternative route, or, as I was already planning to run before work, go for a run. Guess which option I went for...? Parking up in Chislehurst I set off into Scadbury Woods. I've run there before and know the route well. It is a 2 mile circular route along trails with woodland, a moated house, horses and bears. Carved bears. A series of them are scattered throughout the wood and across Chislehurst. Once I had completed a lap I headed down the main road past the nose to tail traffic heading into London, across the bridge over the A20 and into Sidcup. I was heading for Bexley where there was a Winter

Where the wind blows

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Two weeks ago I was running in the Brecon Beacons. An amazing weekend with huge elevation, strong winds and many miles of stony trails. Turns out it was a good warm up for last weekend. Part of my #ultras4autism fundraiser for  @nationalautisticsociety PLEASE GIVE TODAY https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ultras4autism The Lulworth Cove Ultra is run by the excellent Trail Events and takes place along the Jurassic Coast between Weymouth and Kimmeridge, taking in Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door. A 34 mile run with over 2300m elevation. My companion along the way was Matt @badcaseoftherun Shimwell. Matt and I were running the Ultra while his wife Kelly was doing the half-marathon.  We arrived at the start line in a field just outside Durdle Door. It was a beautiful clear day as the sun rose red in the sky and a bitter wind swept across the meadow. After collecting our numbers we had time for coffee and something to eat from the burger van before the race briefing at 7:30am. The course wa