Christmas is a time for visiting relatives and this year we chose to organise seeing H’s parents and relatives over the weekend before. Since I always plan a run along a stretch of the River Thames, this year we decided to stay in Kingston upon Thames affording me the chance to include not only the river, but also Richmond Park. On arriving on Saturday evening I did a few miles on the Hampton Road, and took this shot of Kingston Bridge.

The schedule for Sunday meant I needed to be up early to get 10 miles in before breakfast, so I set off from the hotel at 7:30am into a wonderfully mysterious dawn.