With the Llanelli Waterside 10k looming large on the horizon this coming Sunday, I felt the need (rather than the desire) to give myself a long run out as my preparations draw to a close.
So a 5 mile run ensued in a time of 41 minutes 53 seconds, which didn’t exactly fill me with confidence given my target of wanting to break the 50 minute barrier this Sunday. To compound matters I really did feel like sh*t after it, with my beetroot glowing face a sight to be seen by the traffic along Mumbles road I’m sure. Hot and bothered I most certainly was. Furthermmore, my wet and windswept body are hardly going to endear themselves to my fast encroaching cold (currently at the raging sore throat stage).
Today was also my first day back in work after a lovely week away with the house of DDWT. Pre-lunchtime run I was sifting through the backlog quicker than a comb through sand, post-lunchtime run and it was more a case of a lollipop stick in honey.
What have I left myself in for.
Our plans for the day pretty much went out of the window due to the non-stop rain. Even the excitement of getting the Swans fixtures by wap and teletext at 10 am failed to raise spirits that much.
In the end we bit the bullet and thought sod it we’ll go out on the bikes anyway.
Mind you DDWT Junior didn’t seem bothered either way as he was too busy feeding the ducks and getting us to draw dinosaurs with him.
With the weather unrelenting we spent the rest of the day in the pool. Quote of the day goes to DDWT Junior who told his new blonde acquaintance Charlotte that “You can’t stay with me, you have to go and stay with your mammy and daddy” – quality!
Tis time to do the packing now as we have to be out of the villa by 10 am – which is a pain in the bum when you’ve got a nipper in tow. We’re all a little subdued though as it’s hometime tomorrow unfortunately.
An earlier start to our day today as Mrs DDWT had an appointment at the Aqua Sana. So whilst the Mrs had an ‘Elemis’ skin specific facial (£46 for 55 minutes), DDWT Junior and I went for a long walk. We spent most of the time playing racing sticks at some of the many mini waterfalls along the cascade walk. We also parted with a £1 of hard earned dosh for the lookalike Swansea Bay Summer Festival windmill.
The rain duly arrived this afternoon and co-incided with my first (and last?) holiday run. In fact it chucked it down for the 31 minutes 20 seconds I was out and consequently I was like a drowned rat on my return to the villa. The heavy rain also ensured that we spent this evening in the pool plaza – rather than on the bikes. We had a bargain though with the pool staff giving DDWT Junior a dolphin – foc!
Excitement is building ahead of tomorrow as the League One fixtures are announced – and with them our plans for next seasons weekends away 
What a treat having a lie-in until 9am was this morning – which is a novelty for the DDWT family believe me. After brekkie it was time for more cycling and playground exploring – the best bit being the mini zip wire ride, which me and the nipper rode in tandem.
With the sun still blazing – despite the promised rain – we hired some pedalos and headed off to the boating/course fishing lake. After all that I think or at least I felt that I’d done a days training.
As the afternoon turned to evening we caught the land train to the plaza and spent the rest of the evening as 3 water babies – sooo relaxing The only other thing worth a mention was a seemingly endless procession of mallard ducks passing our villa patio. As a result we now have no bread!
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Well we’re here in Center Parcs Longleat now and this is my first real attempt at updating the blog via mobile.
For once we actually arrived early (11:30) but the journey here was memorable. For the first time ever DDWT Junior uttered the phrase every parent dreads – “are we there yet?” and we hadn’t even got as far as Bridgend! Our early arrival meant getting the bike hire done straight away. I’ll add pictures upon my return – but the Dawes Trailblazer MTB and Dawes Ranger bikes were a tadge well used to say the least.
Still apart from a detour to the shop for DDWT Junior to use up his Nanna’s spending money qouta on Clinton the croc (attached) we spent the next few hour clocking up the miles on the bikes.
Our evening was spent trying out practically all of the playgrounds on site – in between squirrel and rabbit watching.
And that was our first day. We’re all zonked now and bed beckons in readiness for another tiring day tomorrow. Nos da all
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