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I know its not possible to get Seasonal Effective Disorder in week. But the cold feet and the news (Trump blowjobbing Putin) and the weather is getting to me. 

I was in Sedbergh a few years back in the best summer they have ever had and you can see how glorious it was. Today however reminded me of my youth, and probably why I don't seem to do nostalgia as much as other people. I went for a run in Sedbergh. 

I do almost feel nostalgia for PB Fell Running trainers , I am not going to buy any, but  but they are still a thing and for very good reason, even down by the river on the flat 'normal 'runners near killed me. Very slippery mud.

Run one was in 'Nice' weather, Nice for Sedbergh in February. I had prepared, I bought some tracksuit trousers, in the old days it'd have run in rugby shorts and rugby shirt with the sleeves cut off. Yes horizontal sleet did freeze to my leg once.  I decided that a long shelved fishing shirt, a cap and the tracksuit was sufficient. It wasn't. Chill blanes in my hands. It was 3 degrees. Well not including the wind chill which was biting.

Todays run I was better dressed, added gloves, and a fleece, still didn't break a sweat. Cold and rainy, incredibly slippery and foul as it was it wasn't too bad. Not for Sedbergh, but it was enough to remind me just how foul it can be here.  I feel little nostalgia for this place, but admit to some for fell running I now remember truly what its like to run in wet in Sedbergh in February. I am cured.

When its really foul here, it really is foul, its so dark even in the middle of the day it looks like twilight and wet with it. I joked about it - but in truth its why I left, and I don't really, its much better now, its not like I'm living in drafty farmhouse who's central heating runs off the fire in the lounge. This house has under floor heating and double glazing that works. But my feet get cold again as soon as I go out of the downstairs.

Sedbergh's a wonderful place full of wonderful people, but thank god for modern heating and double glazing.