Live life on the wild side

 Welcome back to the adventure bag challenge and and adventure with a difference, with the ever growing bump the adventures will become a little difference, though I still plan to get out for a big hike before baby, and the back pack will be used for the training camp.... I hope.  This weekend I packed my bags a little different and the clothes I chose were a little less adventure and a little more glam, this weekend was my works award ceremony, an annual ceremony where we recognise and award various people, like the Oscar's on a smaller scale.  So bags packed, hotel and train book and an eye watering amount and away we went, the event was held in Manchester and despite a weekend of planned train strikes I had very little issue with actually getting from A to B, it was both nice and weird getting on the train I normally take home but staying on as it gets to my stop.  I opted for an earlier train to avoid to many issues and started my journey about 5.30 am, hitting M...

 Its a cool November morning, the darkness still surrounds me and the ground is damp from a few days of rain, the bag packed I make my way along a familiar route to catch the world waking up and enjoy a hot chocolate. Come with me as I take you on Chapter three of the Adventure bag challenge!  Good morning!  Not that it's light enough to see yet, but I have some kit in my bag, a head torch for the darker patches and the route I'm taking is a familiar one, some of the key rules I have for hiking/running in the dark. Today I'm going on an early morning stroll for some site seeing and breakfast, it's also a good excuse to get myself up and moving with bump.  We are about 21 weeks along now and bump feels heavier most days, I have a support band which I can wear on busier days, running sessions and when I know I'm going to be out for a long time on my feet, it helps to take some of the weight.  Today I'm taking about a 6/7km hike, with a stop in the middle for a hot...