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peach - sorry to hear your news. I travel on the train quite a lot - and if you avoid rush hour and the weekend (and possibly Fridays too) they are actually often more than half-empty - and, as such, quite relaxing. Take some good reading, gadgets, i-pod etc. take snacks if you'd like something other than crisps or chocolate. Definitely avoid travelling at the weekend - trains tend to be much more crowded, people have lots of luggage all over the place - and trains are often slower. don't be shy to ask people to help with your bags. get a taxi when you arrive if your dad can't pick you up. You can often get a cheap first class ticket at off-peak times too.

Have just ordered myself a fleecy headband/earwarmer - oh my, the excitement!

flipping freezing here too - finally have had chance to check out new extended flue pipe for pellet stove (slightly fussy neighbour - although he is right that it was in breach of building regs before ) - but so far so good.

Have graduated to 2 layers. Shorts will be off the agenda soon, too, if this keeps up...

Rhet - just to say that I have a tendency to anaemia, and I find when my iron gets very low I tend to get low in spirits too.

Just 3 miles for me today and it was cold - bbrrrrr!

peach sorry to hear your news..tough times ahead it seems I agree with everyone else..go if you feel comfortable to do so and take your notes and make sure you get a lift to and from the station if possible .

I'm sat here recovering from hill spirits at running club. I actually requested we do them as you lot said they would help my speed so I can blame you all . It's not the biggest hill at all but did the job and was a good work out.

peach just a quick post to say I am so so sorry to hear this, and that I think you should definitely go - sooner rather than later. I personally wouldn't take dd with you, just on the very slim chance that something did start off - then your dad and his wife would have a freaked out 3 year old to deal with as well. Or that would be my take on it.

Thanks to those of you enquiring after my well-being - I'm fine, still running, I have gone back to my multi-vits and omega 3/6s as I suspect I am low on iron, which might explain my less than stellar running performance. My aerobic fitness is not all it should be either - on a rough estimate 75% is about 135 bpm on a heart rate monitor - my speeds at that heart rate are piss poor, so I really need to go back to the drawing board and build basic aerobic fitness. It's why I can't sustain speed for very long, even though I can run at reasonably fast speeds. It's a bit crap, but I guess I can use the next 3 months or so to work on this. I've done it before, but got fed up with the slowness of it - but I have reluctantly accepted that I am not going to make any progress unless I sort this.

Other than that, all well - DD's dd and gps arriving tomorrow so a flurry of shopping/cooking/cleaning - she is a bit under the weather somehow too, pale and not quite herself, appetite not great, but nothing specific IYSWIM

apologies to anyone I've missed [hsmile]

peach, sorry I missed your other post. How crap . I say go, and go by train, 1st class if you can afford it.

peach that's so sad - I'm so sorry. Yes, I would definitely go - by train. Make sure you reserve yourself a decent seat, get yourself put safely on the train and picked up in person, and as sticky says take your notes just in case.

My mum was diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer a few years back. Long story, but as it happened it was the fuck up misdiagnosis of the century, she actually had a huge benign growth blocking her bile duct - which would have killed her if her consultant's "do nothing" approach had been followed. At the time of the (wrong) diagnosis though, she was told six weeks. All cases are different, but I think you should prepare yourself for the worst timewise - sorry. Is she being offered any form of treatment or just palliative care?

Peach if you do it, deffo go 1st class, and take all relevant notes with you and keep them very accessible (am a bit paranoid because SIL was away from home hospital when she had her first baby, it didn't go at all well).

debi sounds like a crap crap day - have or or enormous bar of chocolate (DP is away, I might be having all three tonight once the DDs are in bed, so you'll be in good company!)

Oh peach sorry to hear your news. No experience of traveling that far when that pregnant - if you are catching the train - sometimes traveling 1st class doesn't work out that much more expensive and you get lots more room - certainly the on the east coast line you get well looked after with cups of tea, cakes, bacon butties in the morning (several glasses of wine too - probably not appropriate in your condition but I enjoyed them). Hope you manage to find a way to make it work.

Thanks Squix - I am in Orange too and thinking the same re 'what time did I put down ?' . I'll be the middle aged freak in the bunches (no pink pom poms SFX ???? How about disney princess bobbles ? )

Peach your mil sounds amazing!

I did go back last night but didn't have more wine. Good job too as today started badly enough as it was!
Dh usually v good in mornings but today he left me to do all the faffy jobs even tho he knew he wouldn't have to scrape his car but I would. So I was late for work then technician told me I couldn't have some equipment I asked for for period 1. So mad panic trying to think of something else to teach. Then a colleague undermined me in front of a class & I've had to officially complain about her.
Oh and I've lost my voice oi ds2 added the grin!!!

Oh peach - how terribly sad. As for travelling, I have no experience on that score.

Were you on time or late with dd1 ?
Is the train straight through from London and could you get help to get to the London station ? How easy is it to get to them the other end ?

I would think that if you get put on the train one end and can easily get to your Dad's the other end and you have every reason not to expect to go into labour then I think you'd probably prefer to go and 'risk it' than stay and risk waiting until Christmas. After all once you're on the train you can snooze and read....

What does your DP think ? and have you mentioned it to your Dad ?

Oh peach. I am so sorry to hear that. :(
I drove to Ireland with DH and DS(then 21months old) when I was 38weeks. It's about an 8 hour drive. It was fine. I felt ok. Would you consider taking DD with you? She might be a welcome distraction for them. Hope you're ok and get to see them soon.

Have been lurking as have not been running and felt a bit of a fraud joining in with chit chat on a running thread! :)

peach I'm so sorry. I am a bit concerned about you travelling on your own (I did travel "late" in pregnancy, but not on my own, which obviously made it a lot less stressful).

Hi, sorry for lack of namechecks, just wanted to ask your opinions on something. Just spoke to my dad, as his wife has been diagnosed today with pancreatic cancer and secondary liver cancer, both of which are inoperable. They are obviously devastated, and she is comfortable at home but doesn't yet know how long she has to live, but presumably not long. I'd like to go up to visit (they are in Glasgow, we are in London) but can't leave it too long as am 36 weeks tomorrow) can't fly now but could get train. I think it will be exhausting but would still like to. Best way would be to go on my own at a weekend and leave DD here with DP. The tricky thing is they obviously don't know how long she has left, and we are due to go up at Xmas, but worried in case this is too late. Anyone have experience of travelling late in pregnancy???

wheely - my sis is local and has done the run before - i'll ask her. That's a brilliant time for an almost 10 mile in training - well done. My number came today orange 3964 - did make me gulp as the orange numbers go off in the first wave - I think I might have been a tad ambitious in my estimated time!

wheely I'd go for the "it doesn't matter" option. So long as you're comfy. You'd always look better than Andrew Marr Low hurdle mind.

hat thanks for looking in the bible (which sounds an interesting book - would you think one worth putting on the Christmas list?). I'll just keep see how it goes. So far so good!

encyclo Lady Catherine is your MIL?!! Whose character has ever been celebrated for its sincerity and frankness... Peach and Sfx I am very

Such a lovely day, so ruddy cold! Why does winter have to come every year?

wheely do go for bunches just don't get cute on them with pink baubles, or do might be time for tinsel or something

hello

encyclo is it new pain? (probably missed something sorry) hope it improves

sticky off road sounds nice

peach glad all well with the baby. yeah for PIL, mine sent me a huge bag of Jo Malone goodies when I was pregnant with a note saying 'pampering before the pampers' bless her she can do no wrong, even kept her mouth shut all through my extended breastfeeding

hello chrispack welcome, sorry I missed you earlier. waves to wallace

whelly thanks for that I think you are right, I am also stubborn and might just crawl to the end.
I see Andrew Marr fairly regularly sometimes by the river sometimes at the Park, very dinky

debi did you go back for another ?

futurity well done on swimming I keep thinking I should get lessons to improve non existing technique

*fanny has nipple warmers? can I have some of those?

*rhet8 how are things today?

I have been grumpy and unreasonable for much of the week but have been focusing my wrath on a worthy subject outside the family, probably should not bother but a good rant can be therapeutic

re Andrew Marr - that should read 'he looked pretty rough'.

Well cherry - you may be right. He didn't looked pretty rough tbh (mind you, I probably didn't look any better).

Right I need an opinion on running fashion etiquette. My hair desperately needs cutting but I am having it cut on 1 Nov - just after GSR. Its not long enough for a pony tail (I think my hair comes a long way forward at the front as it has to be really long before I can get a neat pony tail) but too long flapping around on a long run. So today, I wore it in bunches, which worked really well. But do you think at hte age of 36 I looked a complete prat ? Does it matter ?

To be fair peach I can't begrudge you your lovely PIL in your time of need. In fact my dh has very similiar PIL lucky bugger!

sticky I think she must make notes as she thinks of insults. She's a bit like Lady Catherine de Burgh in her delivery too. What a joy she is.

Welcome newbies and returnies! This thread is the reason I'm still running, truly inspiring and so supportive

Surely Andrew marr s big ears would be a big impediment to running - creating wind resistance?