warwickshire

It's surprising how much time training for a half marathon takes. When I wasn't injured, I devoted four of the seven days to running, with a long run always planned for Sunday. So after completion of our first half marathon, it was the first run-free weekend we had in a long while.

On a pretty Indian summer Saturday, we set forth for Warwickshire. First stop: Warwick -- a pretty little town lined with Tudor homes.




The biggest attraction in Warwick was the castle and the queues of people lined up to pay the £18 admission fee was out of this world.



We stopped for lunch along the River Avon.


We meandered with the river to Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of Shakespeare.




It was apparent, at least for us, that old habits take awhile to break. We went for a mild run on Sunday.