Where's Bertie? He's at a Stellplatz at Steinheim an der Murr (exact location: 48.96387, 9.27980).
Weather: Mainly sunny, but some cloud around. Warm.
Our parking space last night was about 6km from the Stuttgart ParkRun location, so only a 10-minute drive away. All the same, we set out early (at 7am, for a 9am run) so that we could nab our preferred parking space for Bertie and have breakfast once we arrived. Forty-five minutes later, after a vast tour of the roads of Stuttgart, we finally found our way around the closure of the road upon which the ParkRun is located (or at least, we found a way that only required us to drive a few metres up the closed road). Then we found that, due to the re-astro-turfing of the all-weather pitch at the sports stadium, 'our' space had been closed off. All's well that ends well: we found a slot into which Bertie more-or-less fitted, and I discovered that even though most of my runs over the last seven weeks (since I last ran at Stuttgart) have been pretty flat, the longer distances have paid off. On the remarkably hilly course, as ParkRuns go (150m ascent over the 5km), I managed to achieve an overall ParkRun Personal Best. Much chuffed, was I.
With the running done, we joined about half of the participants at a cafe a few km down the road, where I should have ordered two breakfasts and two cups of tea. By the time I decided I needed more, the queue was prohibitively long. After an hour or so of chatting, sitting in the sun was getting a bit much, so saying goodbye until next time we should find ourselves in Stuttgart, off we toddled.
To Steinheim an der Murr we came (via a Lidl and a service point). It's not an interesting town, from what we found on this afternoon's wander...
It's Saturday, so of course we ran across a wedding.
...and, as I discovered when looking at the map this afternoon, it's not where I intended us to be today. Seems I got confused between the town of Murr and Steinheim an der Murr, which are only a kilometre or two apart. Ne'er mind, this location will suit us just fine. Steinheim sits (as its name suggests) on the River Murr, but it also has the River Bottwar running through it. They merge just to the west of the town, then further merge into the River Nektar a few kilometres further to the SE. Geography lesson over, what that means for us is easy access to riverside paths.
The Murr, which runs about 30m to the left of Bertie.
Weather: Mainly sunny, but some cloud around. Warm.
Our parking space last night was about 6km from the Stuttgart ParkRun location, so only a 10-minute drive away. All the same, we set out early (at 7am, for a 9am run) so that we could nab our preferred parking space for Bertie and have breakfast once we arrived. Forty-five minutes later, after a vast tour of the roads of Stuttgart, we finally found our way around the closure of the road upon which the ParkRun is located (or at least, we found a way that only required us to drive a few metres up the closed road). Then we found that, due to the re-astro-turfing of the all-weather pitch at the sports stadium, 'our' space had been closed off. All's well that ends well: we found a slot into which Bertie more-or-less fitted, and I discovered that even though most of my runs over the last seven weeks (since I last ran at Stuttgart) have been pretty flat, the longer distances have paid off. On the remarkably hilly course, as ParkRuns go (150m ascent over the 5km), I managed to achieve an overall ParkRun Personal Best. Much chuffed, was I.
With the running done, we joined about half of the participants at a cafe a few km down the road, where I should have ordered two breakfasts and two cups of tea. By the time I decided I needed more, the queue was prohibitively long. After an hour or so of chatting, sitting in the sun was getting a bit much, so saying goodbye until next time we should find ourselves in Stuttgart, off we toddled.
To Steinheim an der Murr we came (via a Lidl and a service point). It's not an interesting town, from what we found on this afternoon's wander...
It's Saturday, so of course we ran across a wedding.
...and, as I discovered when looking at the map this afternoon, it's not where I intended us to be today. Seems I got confused between the town of Murr and Steinheim an der Murr, which are only a kilometre or two apart. Ne'er mind, this location will suit us just fine. Steinheim sits (as its name suggests) on the River Murr, but it also has the River Bottwar running through it. They merge just to the west of the town, then further merge into the River Nektar a few kilometres further to the SE. Geography lesson over, what that means for us is easy access to riverside paths.
The Murr, which runs about 30m to the left of Bertie.
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