I spent the May Day bank holiday back home in Hastings at one of the town’s pagan-themed festivals, Jack in the Green.
Basically the big green fellow parades around for a bit and is then ritually slaughtered at the local castle, thus celebrating the arrival of spring. Also followed by a large amount of morris dancing.
The bloke in the top hat is long-serving leader of the local council, Jeremey Birch!
The ideal British bank holiday outing: we went for a picnic at the local nuclear power station (Dungeness). Upon arrival it began to rain so we ate in the car. The subsequent attempt to go for a wander along the beach was quickly abandoned due to rain, wind, and freezing cold.
Nevermind. On the way back home we stopped at camber sands which was also bleak:
So it turns out the best conditions for running a half marathon are freezing cold, a threat of sleet, and wearing just t-shirt and shorts. Comfort leads to slowness.
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