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Well, it's been another busy time in the Explore Braunton camp and this past week has seen all sorts of progress made. I have recently returned from a meeting in Exeter to discuss project finances, which was highly successful, and I am now much reassured about the budget (or lack of it!) - at least I know I'm on the right track now.

Last week we had a very positive meeting with Node's CEO Paddy Willis. Not only did we have the opportunity to ask him a great many questions but we were able to show him our Saunton tour route, known as Shifting Sands. It was a constructive meeting and we now feel confident that Node are going to work wth us to iron out the glitches we're having. I've been keeping tabs on the devices in our possesion and monitoring how each is working. Interestingly enough some work very well and others are quite stubborn about behaving, but anyway, testing continues.

I am told that I'll soon have a draft of the web-site to see and I can't wait for that and progress is also being made with the downloadable walks leaflets and guided walk leader training, albeit slow progress. The weeks just turn into one long blur but I'm comforted when I look back and see how much we've achieved to date - although there's a way to go yet we've done a lot and, as they say, Rome wasn't built in a day.

At home I've got back into my running and, after recent training success, I have been foolhardy enough to enter a 10k with a difference. Organised using fancy technology by Nike, it's called the Human Race and with the help of gps and internet technology, they aim to have a million or more people worldwide running a 10k on 31.08.08. There's venues in major cities around the world but if you can't make it to one of them, you can choose your own route. Your pace, time, etc is then beamed back to the Nike web-site and your results logged. You can use the same gadgetry to compete with others all over the world at other times and I think it sounds like a great way to find a running partner any time you want one! I am now trying to identify a nice flat route for 31.08.08 and think Barnstaple to Braunton a good one. 10k is basically 6.2 miles and, although I've never run that far I think I'm up to it (gulp!). Once my gadget arrives in the post I'll start logging training runs and the results might appear here (haha!) but either way my personal training goals are here so you can always leave me a message (try to be nice!) if you'd like to offer any encouragement.

That's it for now - back soon!