Day 749

Making the time before i crawl into bed!!!

Up with the crack of dawn to make my way to Ely to catch the train to London.

It was glorious, seeing the sunrise instead of sunset made a pleasant change and how beautiful the start of the day was. We have no mountains here but this morning you could be forgiven for actually thinking we had. The early morning changes with the cloud formation dark on the horizon, we had our very own mountain range made of clouds. Mystical, especially with Ely cathedral pushing herself proudly through the early morning mist that was around Sutton. The sun gradually rising a Sharp silver halo to those clouds close by, the warmth already penetrating the damp soil and there we had it, smokey tendrils of moisture rising ever upwards. Amazing!

Manged to get on the right strain, change at Cambridge, and onto London Liverpool street. From there to Billericay.

I passed Stratford and there was the Olympic stadium. I gazed with wonder and for the first time it actually hit home that i had run there in that very place. I could hardly believe it. The journey itself was tinged with sadness and made me think very much of Mikey.
It was however the journey home that nearly had me weeping into my book.
A young family boarded the train at Stratford and the little boy was the sweetest of children. He glanced over and smiled. That was it i so envied the parents and thought how much joy our children gave us when they were that age. I desperately wanted to say treasure these moments because once gone they truly cannot be recovered, never to return again. But who wants to be told that!! i would have thought they were bonkers if i had be approached like that!

The day itself was mind numbing, so much to take in the brain went into overload. Impossible to absorb all the information. Didn't manage to get it all done but i was told that some one from head office would come to see me and go over what was missed. Lovely people and made me feel very welcome. Oh and i took some photos just to convince myself and everyone else, that yes i did manage to get to destination and return! Oh and no sign of the Lion!!!

So I'm exhausted!!! and ready for bed, so only a short one tonight, but tomorrow is another day....................