Today is the ‘traditional’ Darley Park 5k run from The
Furnace Inn. My partner always does it. I always do it when I’m not injured enough to do
so. Our older dog has done it many times and been top dog almost every year. Now he’s
perhaps not young enough to do the full 5k and so our younger model has taken on the mantle.
Somewhat reluctantly perhaps. This year, not only do I give it a go with him but
Daughter runs it too. Her début!
Our young dog does indeed prove to be somewhat reluctant and tells me so repeatedly by
biting his lead for the first hundred metres or so. Once we finally get
focussed and having started in dead last, we ‘storm’ through the field. Well,
it’s more of a light breeze than a storm.
