When my husband wanted to visit a kitchen showroom up in Yorkshire it made sense to combine it with an overnight stay and a further away parkrun. There happened to be one right near where we needed to go and we nearly ended up there. However, my husband happened to discover that Pontefract parkrun wasn’t … Read more
Minehead parkrun was my only choice of location when I went on an adult weekend to Butlins. Luckily it is also just a short walk away and thank you so much to the 19 volunteers – as it was almost cancelled as still looking for volunteers the night before. The Beach Hotel, The Avenue, Minehead, … Read more
We headed to Seven Fields parkrun for event number 189. Thanks to a sudden downpour of rain at 6am in the morning the preferred A route was underwater and therefore the alternative course was in operation. At least this made shoe choice easier! Seven Fields Nature Reserve and Penhill Sports Field, Nr. Hillary Close, Swindon, … Read more
We headed to Severn Valley Country parkrun for event number 205. As our son works Saturday afternoons now we can’t really venture too far away. As it happened he had the day off booked as he had an adventure day planned so didn’t come with us this week. Severn Valley Country Park, Chapel Lane, Alveley, … Read more
Technically for my Alphabeteer Challenge the last letter I needed was an M. As I am going to Minehead, this weekend, I didn’t want to get my last letter without my family so it was for this reason that we headed to Mallards Pike parkrun. Mallards Pike, Parkend, Lydney, Gloucestershire GL15 4HD Grid Reference SO637093 … Read more
The Finale of Gavin and Stacey Christmas special was being filmed last week, so Barry Island parkrun came up as a suggestion of where to go. Unfortunately it looks like the last day of filming was Friday but nonetheless it was an excellent choice. Barry Island parkrun facilities There is a carpark right near the … Read more
Back in May our son’s running club mentioned the Ross 10k Riverbank Run. It sounded a good idea for the whole family to do it. That is those of us still at home, to clarify. Our youngest was finally old enough for a 10k and he’s wanted to do one for a little while. Training … Read more
We headed to Isabel Trail parkrun to gain an “I” for the parkrun Alphabeteer challenge. Now I just need to get an M in the UK and a Z elsewhere. There is no X. It also went towards the Old MacDonald challenge, The West Midlands Region challenge and some other personal ones I have made … Read more
Bushy parkrun is the home of parkrun. The very first one in the world which actually started out as a timed trial. We decided that we would make the pilgrimage journey for the 999th event. There were several options of when to go including the 1,000 next week and the 20th Anniversary event in October. … Read more
This week we headed to our NENDY (nearest event not done yet) which was Wolford Wood parkrun. Despite starting 18 months ago they had just reached their milestone 50th event. This is due to it being pretty much off during the winter. Wolford Wood, Great Wolford Road, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 0PE About Wolford Wood parkrun Location … Read more