Today Was an Uneventful Run Until...

...wait for it, NLN!

I was about to set off solo from the Lower Barn when CW turned up on foot. Coming back from a long lay-off, he had parked below the pigeon tower and reported for a very short tour of duty via a slightly roundabout route. Shortly after we set off, t'Y overtook us (in his car) then parked and joined in. He had fallen playing basketball (!?) a couple of weeks ago and damaged his ribs, so didn't want to run for very long.

CW returned to his car without gaining further altitude, leaving t'Y and me to take in the Pike. Then it was Wilderswood, where t'Y turned for home, leaving me to climb Two lads, the Pike, Noon Hill, Winter Hill, Two Lads and (for the third time) the Pike; I don't have much imagination.

Then, just after crossing George's Lane into the gardens, there they were, not one but two tree creepers, and they were doing what tree creepers do. Apparently, they can only creep up trees, not down. So their brief flights from most ways up one tree tend to be down to the near the bottom of the next. One soon flew out of sight, but the other did a couple of tree transfers and at one point showed off its fine white underside. So next time we're out, NLN, we'll creep around the trees in that area and see if we can manage a repeat sighting, and possibly even a photo.