I am well over halfway across the Channel by now, at 100k! It's 164km from where I first dipped my toe in to landfall at Saint Valéry en Caux so another couple of weeks should do it - if it stops raining long enough for me to do my scheduled runs. I must admit I am looking forward to standing on dry land again: I'm sure my toes and fingertips will be wrinkled beyond all recognition by then!
When I lived in France, all those years ago, I didn't have a television. There didn't seem much point. French TV drama was not particularly inspiring, and there were not the same opportunities as there are now to watch channels from different countries. Now, though, I can imagine I would be glued to the set. Walter Presents on Channel 4, and BBC4, have been showing some great French police procedurals and political thrillers and this weekend, kept indoors for most of the time by the snow and ice, I watched the entire box set of 'Le Passager', a series of murders with a Greek mythological theme. It's the kind of thing that Inspector Morse would have enjoyed investigating in his heyday, but it was bang up to date with a maverick female lead detective, and the final episode - while satisfying as a culmination of the series - left the door open for a 2nd series, which I very much hope will be made.
But back to my challenge, to get to Paris and back. It's been a bit of a struggle to do 100k this month in 'proper' running/walking alone - I don't count my everyday steps, just those when I go out for a run or a walk - but Easter is late this year, 21 April, so another 11 weeks at a minimum of 25k a week should see me 'home', in front of my old building in the 11th arrondissement. Springtime in Paris! I can hardly wait!
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