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My parkrun tour this week took me back to Somerset, where I used to live many years ago. I’ve passed through Frome many times though, sadly, never properly stopped to investigate further.
Frome is at the eastern end of Somerset, about 12 miles south...
For this week’s parkrun I made a return trip to Swindon. The last time I was here was to take part in Swindon parkrun. Since then a second parkrun has started up in the town and so, to avoid confusion, Swindon parkrun has changed its name to Lydiard ...
On I go with my quest to visit all the parkrun venues in the world and today my travels took me to Uckfield.
Uckfield is a smallish town (pop. 15,000) in the middle of East Sussex. It is not to be confused with Cuckfield, a village about ten miles to ...
Time to hit the road again! I did have the ambition of raising my total of parkrun venues visited to 250. By March 2020 I was up to 217 and then … well we all know what happened then. With a bit of luck I should have made it to the required 33 venue...
It’s been a long time. A very long time. When parkrun was suspended back in March 2020, most of us realized that we would have to wait a while for it to come back. Being optimistic, I hoped we might be back in the summer. More probably we would have...
Well what a day of sporting endeavour, yesterday turned out to be! A day made for heroes! A day when we could show the world the qualities of strength and determination which made us stand out as a nation! I am referring, of course, to the Vitality M...
Well hello there! Here I am again! It’s been a while hasn’t it? I just checked and it has been over a year since my last blog. But then it’s been over a year since I did anything of interest! I guess it has been much the same for all of us. I cann...
Now then. How are we all? Still alive, are we? We are all doing fine here in Grayshott. Now that I no longer work, my daily routine hasn’t been altered too drastically by Coronavirus. I am not too worried about catching anything for my own sake but...
So, how are we all? I’m okay. The old Coronavirus hasn’t got to me yet! As for the broken arm - well it’s coming along. I went to the fracture clinic last week and they x-rayed it and said, “Yes, it’s healing nicely” I asked when I would regain full ...
I’m back! Did you miss me? I’ve had quite a long break from running and blogging. My unexpected break was caused by … well … an unexpected break. If you befriend me on Facebook you will know that about seven weeks ago I was out on a run when I slipp...
Well what do you know? It’s a brand new year. It’s a whole new decade. And I’m still here and still running. Only just though. At the moment my training regime entails running every other day and maybe going for a walk on the days in between. It’s...
On we go. I still have the mission of getting my total of parkrun venues up to 250 and I’ve still got quite a few to go. Lately I’ ve been checking out the Tourist Tool app https://tinyurl.com/t38esv5 to choose where to go. I’ve never been to a Fir...
So what do you do once you have completed your 250th parkrun? Well obviously you head on out for number 251. I still have the ambition of making it to 250 different venues and I still have 37 to go. Also my 250 t-shirt arrived in the post yesterday a...
It was a small landmark on my parkrun journey today. Actually quite a big landmark as 250 is one of those milestones where you get another t-shirt. I had been contemplating for a while as to where I should run my 250th but in the end, working on the t...
So where did I get to today? I travelled to my NENYD - that’s “nearest event not yet done” to you! In my case, it turned out to be Hanworth parkrun in Feltham.
Feltham is part of that vast suburban sprawl in the southwestern corner of Greater London....
It was another trip to the seaside for me today with a visit to Littlehampton. So far in my parkrun journey I’ve got to know the coast of Sussex pretty well with trips to Bognor Regis, Worthing, Lancing, Seaford, Hove Promenade, Hastings and Eastbourne...
Just think of all the places I could have been this morning. I could have been slogging round the roads of Snowdonia in the wind and rain. I could have been sitting at home in the warm and dry, watching the rugby. But instead I decided to continue w...
I had a new parkrun experience this week when I headed off to Bethlem Royal Hospital. Parkrun takes place at all sorts of venues. In the last year alone I have run around the grounds of a stately home, round some school playing fields, round a vineyar...
Well, how are we all? It’s been a while. I am just about all right. As you may know, I have been struggling all spring and summer with an ankle injury. It’s just about okay now. I can still feel something there but it hasn’t stopped me from tentati...
Normal service is resumed. Well, sort of. I’ve been struggling for several weeks now with my dodgy left ankle. Just when I think it might be getting better ... it gets worse again. I have once again resumed gentle jogging around the sports fields ev...
I’ve been away in Germany. Did you miss me? What do you mean, you never noticed? Anyway I had a very nice time. The weather was a whole lot better than it was here and I was able to enjoy some warm sunshine. Regular readers will know that I have a ...
So where did I get to this week? I decided on Ellenbrook Fields. I have been planning on getting myself to Ellenbrook Fields for quite a while but today I finally managed it.
Ellenbrook Fields are on the western edge of Hatfield, which is in Hertfordsh...
I was trying to work out how many times I had run the Westminster Mile. I had to go back in my blog to check and the answer was five times previously and so yesterday would be my sixth attempt. I am always happy to return to the streets in front of B...
Well I continue on. I am back up to running every other day now, resting on the days in between to try and get my ankle to settle down. As long as I am able to jog a few miles, I feel compelled to keep my parkrun streak going and so this morning I hea...
