Here’s another one in the Avebury area from Bill.
(Coordinates 51°40’66.0″N, 1°83’11.4″W.)
A book exchange today! And some bonus thistles – it’s become a little overgrown since the Street View image was taken.
With a race the next day I wanted the easiest possible parkrun morning, so I walked to Jesmond Dene and ambled round in a nice slow 38ish minutes. Nice morning for it too, which hasn’t always been the case this bank holiday weekend!
Trying a new volunteering role next week. Exciting!
Here’s another from the south that Bill sent in.
(Coordinates 51°42’83.1″N, 1°85’57.2″W.)
This one is in a lovely setting with all the flowers and greenery!
More from the area next week.
Bill sent in this Guernsey double earlier this month.
(Coordinates 49°45’40.6″N, 2°53’58.1″W.)
Nice to see an unusual paint job! Looks like this colourway is common in the Channel Islands. These ones could do with a bit of a wash, mind.
Something to look out for if travelling down that way!
I don’t really know where to start. So let’s start with some stats.
Previous all-time parkrun PB: 28:42, Town Moor, September 2018.
Previous post-pandemic PB: 30:25, Crichton, August 2022.
Previous 2023 season’s best: 30:32, Leazes, August 2023.
BRAND NEW ALL-TIME PB 27:01 ON SATURDAY AT AGNEW :O :O :O
Combination of a summer of very hard training, a pancake-flat course, and Nike Vaporflys.
Things that are so overwhelming I can’t even begin to understand them at the moment: previous inability to get under 30 minutes post-hiatus, previous inability to hold this pace for more than 400m during interval sessions, assorted others.
I am in total shock.
Here’s the second of the two Bridge Street boxes.
(Coordinates 52°20’96.7″N, 0°11’68.9″E.)
Dad reckons this is a replica box and was never a real one with a phone; the laminate flooring inside would appear to support this. At the moment it’s doing a good job as an advertising hoarding.
Edit: some archaeology on Street View suggests it was a real phone box after all!
Even further south next week.
A very wet one this last weekend. I went to Leazes as Geth was parkrunning for once (as part of his long run) and had settled on Leazes for a bit of pace work as Town Moor was still off (for a festival that ended up getting cancelled… but let’s not go there).
I wasn’t expecting much pace in the rain, especially as I’d had to powerwalk most of the three and a half miles there after getting to the metro and realising I’d forgotten my bank card. It turned out to be a good warmup though and I was able to bomb it round for a good course PB, finishing in 30:32. Still hunting that post-pandemic sub-30! Didn’t have speed shoes on though so maybe next time.
Lots of TMBR folks also got course PBs so maybe the rain was doing a good job.
Further afield next time, and hopefully even faster…
Here’s the first of a couple that Dad found along Bridge Street last month.
(Coordinates 52°20’91.2″N, 0°11’76.2″E.)
This one still has a phone in! It looks quite nice in this setting next to a churchyard.
We’ll head further up the street next week.
