November novelties.

[Bierzo Baggie]

November 1st is All Saints Day which means a bank holiday over here and the first novelty of November was that I finally got back onto the Monte Pajariel-Toral trail, plodding gently up the hills and striding cautiously down them. The track was damp and muddy in places with empty chestnut husks littering the way. Plenty of autumn colours and below, the forest of poplar trees that follow the course of the River Sil forms a sea of of gold. Mist clung to Monte Pajariel and the temperature was perfect for running. Didn’t see anybody else except for a couple of mushroom pickers with their dinky little baskets. Stomach still sensitive but managed to get around without walking, squatting, keeling over....
50 minutes.