Green Park parkrun – An Organised Relatively New One

We headed along to Green Park parkrun for their 17th event. For those following my parkrun adventures here I am sure you are aware that this was to help my Wilson Index. Green Park, 200 Longwater Avenue, Reading, RG2 6GP Facilities It is important to note that there is no return to the start so … Read more

Evesham Velo Park Junior parkrun – A Great One for Begineers

We headed to Evesham Velo Park Junior parkrun for a spot of volunteering. My husband did barcode scanning again and this week I did the warm up, tail-walking and token sorting. You can read more about Junior parkrun on my previous post. Evesham Velo Park, Cheltenham Road, Evesham, Worcestershire, WR11 2LZ Facilities at Evesham Velo … Read more

Millfield Juniors parkrun – One with Lots of Young People

For our weekend in York we headed to Millfield Juniors parkrun to do some volunteering. Nearby Knavesmire Junior parkrun was not on, so this was the nearest one to where we were staying. This week we were both marshals as the bar code scanning (my husband’s preferred role) was already filled. Read about Junior parkrun … Read more

Par Track Junior parkrun – One With an Athletics Track

We headed to Par Track Junior parkrun in Cornwall to volunteer. As far as I can tell this is the most south west of all the Junior parkruns. With only nearby Bodmin Juniors and Bude Marshes Juniors further up North in Cornwall. Par Track, Eastcliffe Road, Par, PL24 2AJ Read about Junior parkrun on my … Read more

Eden Project parkrun – With Free Entry For Participants!

We headed to Eden Project parkrun, our first in Cornwall. It was always one of those bucket list choices to be honest. Plus there is free entry for those who take part. It used to be spectators too but this unfortunately was abused and had to be stopped. Eden Project, Bodelva, Par, PL24 2SG Facilities … Read more

Victoria Embankment parkrun – Bound to Be A Popular V

We headed to Victoria Embankment parkrun in Nottingham. Although popular with alphabteers for the letter V, we headed there was it was on event number 18. This, of course, I needed for my Wilson Index. Plus it is near the football ground if you are ticking off that challenge! Victoria Embankment, Nottingham, NG2 2JY w3w: … Read more

Newborough Forest parkrun – A New Favourite

We headed to Newborough Forest parkrun in North Wales to help celebrate the special birthdays of tourist legends Iain and Ann. Sometimes parkrun isn’t about the challenges it ticks off but rather the community surrounding it. As it happens I did need an event starting with N towards my 3rd parkrun alphabet! Newborough Forest, Llanddwyn, … Read more

Peter Pan parkrun with Airey Airways – A Wendy Day

We went to Peter Pan parkrun for Wendy Day as our first trip with Airey Airways. Basically the idea was that we were to see how many people named Wendy we could all get in one place. Obviously with the link to the name of the parkrun with the name Wendy created by Scottish author … Read more