My (Our) Day
Nice and busy today. I had a bit of a lie in, since I've been getting up at 6:30 am every morning this week to swim, so I didn't get out to train until about 11. It looked quite sunny out but there was a biting wind, so I regretted not wearing my overshoes, skull cap and winter gloves.
I went out for a two hour ride, up to the Gordon Arms, over the River Yarrow and up the hill towards Ettrick. At the top of the hill I did a u-turn and retraced my route, returning via Innerleithen.
Once I got home I put my runners on and went for a 15 minute transition run (a brick, in triathlon terms). I'm doing a couple of these every week to get used to running off the bike. The legs feel a bit weird after going round in circles for so long and take a while to get acclimatised.
After lunch we took Emily into Peebles to go "swimming" (for the first time). We'd been told that the Peebles pool was warm but unfortunately, the toddler pool wasn't - so we didn't last longer than a few minutes. There were a few tears until we got out. Never mind.
I think that we'll go to the Commonwealth Pool next weekend. I remember the kid's pool there being a good temperature. The outlaws are coming up for the weekend, so that'll be a nice day out for us all.
After our aborted pool trip, we went into Peebles for a coffee and cake at the Eastgate Theatre cafe and then did a wee bit of Christmas shopping (it still feels too early to be doing this, though).
On the way home we took a bit of a detour to enjoy the view over Peebles. There's a picture above.
All in all, a very pleasant way to spend the day. We're all off to see Grandma and Grandpa in Linlithgow tomorrow.
