Keep on Running

Today started off with a trip to the gym. They have a fantastic creche where we can dump Satans Minions for two whole hours. Bad times when you will happily get on a treadmill and run until you think you might cough up a lung just to get a couple of hours peace. Still, the Minions seem to enjoy going to creche and none of the staff seem to have suffered a nervous breakdown (yet) from looking after them and if I go to the gym I can eat chocolate without having to buy bigger clothes so I suppose it's win win.

In the afternoon it was the turn of Satans minions to get some exercise (exhausted children don't have the energy to cause trouble so really it's as much for damage limitation as any kind of health benefit).We headed off through the woods, which is a route that takes you over the black rock gorge. The gorge is about 75 feet deep and about 20 feet across at the point the bridge crosses, but the walls come in towards the bottom where the river rushes through. It's very impressive. Unfortunately in the rush to organise the Minions, find my walking socks and stop Minion number two eating my boots I forgot my camera. Next time though.

The Minions were very well behaved on the walk (probably the chocolate button bribery) and we managed the three and a half miles in just under two hours. Most of the time the Minions were running about finding sticks to attack the Gruffalo with. When the sticks were deemed a safety hazard and confiscated they moved on to pine cones.

Today it is a grumpy, chocolate covered Minion number two. More teeth I think.



Quote of the day: "I am going to hit the Gruffalo right between the eyes with this" (brandishes pine cone). Minion number three.