the new Arboretum visitor centre

The Westonbirt 10k is a great event. The course makes you work hard and when looked at on a map looks somewhat confusing (as if someone has got hold of a crayon and just coloured in all the footpaths) but it's such a beautiful place to spend an evening. All the more so if you have a great bunch of friends to go along with and share the evening - and better still a picnic - with . .

The photos on this page show runners warming up, the start of the 10k, and some of the many things that catch you eye as you wander around this section of the Arboretum . .

On the following two pages are my friends and club mates, at around half way through the race, and attacking the finish line . .