David Coats Blog

I’ve fallen in Love. I thought i’d make it official.

Not with a women. Not with a man. Not with an animal (although animals are involved).

With the South Downs!

I now understand why the hills surrounding Brighton are an area of outstanding natural beauty. They truly are outstandingly beautiful and I am addicted to them! I’ve been dreaming about them in my sleep, living my days thinking about my next trip to see them and spending all my money on equipment to help me enjoy them more. Love I tell you! I never thought I’d enjoy the country so much - but I guess I am from the West Country. It must be in my genes!

So as if Sunday wasn’t enough - Alex and I got up at 5.45am this morning for our now weekly Wednesday Devils Dyke run - and what a day for it. We watched the bright red sun rise over the Dyke and span down over the dew covered fields, scattering sheep (and their poo) from our path as we headed toward the hum of rush hour traffic on the A27. Along the West Hove seafront, the tide was almost fully in, but there was a summer calm about the waves as they gently lapped at the pebbles. We made the run in our best time yet - 18 miles, 1 hour 36 mins - yet I got to work feeling alive, not tired.

I sat in a meeting itching to get out, chewing my lip, transfixed by the jets as they left vapour trails in the clear blue sky. The client must have thought I was mad! As soon as it was over, I hurried out for a long lunch in the sunshine of the Laines, treating myself to a Gourmet Burger! At 6, I cycled home for the first time in the light, the starlings gathering over Brighton Pier, the Sun setting over the West Pier - that same red it had been 12 hours earlier over the Dyke. Best of all - there were people - albeit only a few - but people chilling out on the sea front with an evening beer watching Summer arive.

Maybe I’m pre-empting it - maybe it’ll rain now for 3 months. But Summer is coming. Its definitely coming.

And I can’t wait.

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