I set my alarm for 4:45am, and was out of the door by 5am.
The route began by running down through the centre of Bristol and around the Harbourside. Then out along the towpath beneath the Clifton Suspension bridge. Up through Leigh Woods, across to Abbots Pool, through 100-Acre wood and then around Ashton Court. From Ashton Court, I went around Leigh Woods some more and then back down to the towpath. Followed this along to Pill and then over the M5 across the Avonmouth bridge. I managed to find about 4-5 miles of off-road path on my way back in to Bristol before I was forced to run along the Portway (A4). Finally up through Clifton and back home.
My mapped route looked something like:
And here are a couple of photos I took along route as I was overjoyed to be running amongst Bluebells and Hawthorn blossom.
The only downside of the whole run, was being attacked by a Poodle in a jumper (no I wasn't hallucinating!) as I climbed up a steep hill to get to Clifton. It really was the most unattractive dog as well as being badly behaved.
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