![]() ![]() (Garscube Harriers old gits’ reunion, October 2021.) A few are still competing (one has just completed the Marathon des Sables – running a marathon a day, for a week, through the Sahara desert!) but in the main everyone now just runs for fun. ![]() In fact, the last social night I had before Covid Lockdown, was with these guys … as was the first after restrictions were eased. These past few years have seen semi-regular meet-ups of training buddies / team mates from my athletics club, Garscube Harriers. For one reason or another! (I did notice however, that it took a good hour before a few of us felt it safe to nervously remove our hands from our pockets.) And credit to them, they actually remembered most of us. Several were present, including the Head / Rector. It was a ‘formal’ get-together, and the organisers had worked hard to make sure everything passed off without hitch: food drinks badges photos teachers. Most conversations revolved around what everyone was doing at present. The four or five hours we had was over in a flash, with very little time for reflection on our schooldays. Back together for the first time in twenty-five years, it was like we’d never left the classroom. We all wore badges displaying our names so there would be no need for embarrassing re-introductions, but in the vast majority of cases, they were superfluous. (My Class of ’70 – ok, yeah, that’s me, cross legged, front row, far right.) ![]()
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