Jo and I's Holiday in Croatia

 Lots of steps on arrival to Dubrovnik which is not what you want when you have recently run a Marathon

We were planning on swimming but the sea was a bit rough

Jo in one of the turrets on the walls of the old town in Dubrovnik 

A view of Dubrovnik old town

The weather on our first three days was not great

A view of part of the national park in Mljet

Jo listening to the Sea Organ in Zadar, the sea organ  is a natural musical instrument, seventy meters long with thirty-five organ pipes built under the concrete. The musical pipes are located so that the sea water and wind movements produce musical sounds that are heard by passers by.

A video of the sound the Sea organ made

This is a picture of the Sun salutation at night in Zadar, the The Sun Salutation, located near the Sea Organ, uses the sun's energy to create a light show that displays from evening till morning. Both the Sea Organ and the Sun Salutation were created by the same architect, and the Sun Salutation uses the rhythm of the waves to produce its colorful series of light pulses. 

Jo and I on the  Sun Salutation

One of the many water falls in the Pitvice national park

The series of water falls in the Krka national park

A video of the above falls 

Where Jo and I went swimming at the foot of the falls in the Krka national park. 

A video of our penultimate night in Croatia which we spent in Split listening to music in the old town.   

Jo and I had a great time in Croatia so much so that I have decided to change my marathon for letter Z to Zagreb. 

My I, Isle Wight Marathon 06/10/13

In training for the Isle of Wight marathon (IOW) , Jo and I ran the harvest trail half marathon in Royston (which is near St Albans) Jo and I were both pleased with our times and it gave us confidence about running the IOW marathon.

We had a couple of days in the IOW so went for a walk in the woods

Sat on the wishing seat, can not say what we wished for or it would not come true.

We were following path 65c which was called smugglers haven, but we missed a turn through the cliffs and ended up on a bit of an adventure.

From this trig point you could see all the way around the Island

St Catherines Oratory, Jo's sister is called Catherine so we thought it rude not to go and have a look.

Jo and I at the finish. We forgot to take our camera so had to use Jo's phone which did not have much battery, hence not many photographs. The Marathon was on road and hilly, we ran down hill to start which meant the last 7 miles were up hill. As always Jo was amazing, we ran together till 18 miles then Jo pushed on and finished 10 minutes ahead of me but more importantly she finished 2nd Lady, there were some nice trophies given out but not for 2nd Lady so Jo was a bit upset but she did get £40 argos voucher.