Another five phone boxes updated with coordinate links today: here, here, here, here and here. As with the previous map admin session, I have found that one of them has since been removed 😢
Just 15 phone boxes left to do the links for! (I think.)
Month: February 2026
parkrundays: Blyth Links #265, Rising Sun #412 and Town Moor #694
Bit of a catchup as I’ve not had time to post about parkrun the last couple of weeks.
On the 7th we headed to Blyth Links as Geth fancied a faster one. I’d been avoiding speed while rehabbing my hamstring so was delighted to be able to pick it up a little and finish in 28ish mins. Nice to visit the coast too!
Due to weeks of rain followed by overnight subzero temps on the Friday night, Valentine’s Day was one of those parkrun roulette days where it’s a matter of ‘what’s not cancelled round here?’. Rising Sun was the one not cancelled round here so off we went, along with a few friends. One of those fabulous mornings where you’re just grateful to be parkrunning. And it wouldn’t be a winter Rising Sun without the enormous puddle (now upgraded to ‘canal’ apparently)!
Yesterday we went to Town Moor. Temperatures have much improved and it would be starting to feel almost springlike if not for the harsh cold wind! My run felt a bit difficult as a result but still pleased with how my leg is holding up.
Some volunteering for a special milestone next week.
Phone Box Thursday: Phone Box News
A bit of news on a phone box auction this week.
Phone boxes are expensive! I’d still love one for my garden though 😀
Phone Box Thursday: Midgar Phone Boxes
Geth has been playing Final Fantasy VII Remake this week. Final Fantasy VII is not set in the UK (far from it!) so we were pretty surprised to see some familiar-looking phone boxes in the game.
This is far from the first red phone box I’ve seen in a videogame (I’ve featured Professor Layton in the past and Disney Dreamlight Valley more recently, and at some point I’ll do a post on the Mass Effect 3 phone boxes) but certainly the first I’ve seen that’s not pertaining to the UK in any way!
These FFVII ones are even covered in flyers, just like real phone boxes 😀
Gig Review: Holly Johnson at The Glasshouse (Sage Gateshead), 12th November 2023
On we go with the gig blog catchup!
I really enjoyed this gig… well, I remember I did once the main act came on. There was a support act, which I only know because I took a picture. The old listing from the Glasshouse website tells me his name is Matt McManoman, but I’m afraid he was most likely doing the kind of acoustic stuff that my memory tends not to retain:
Sorry, Matt. If I see you again I’ll try harder to remember your set!
Onto Holly. Setlist recorded by the good folks at setlist.fm. It was a perfect list as far as I was concerned, with a great mix of Frankie classics and solo highlights. Holly also had some great stories about Newcastle back in the ’80s when he used to come up to record The Tube.
The encore was one song – ‘The Power of Love’ – which Holly said he believes shouldn’t just be a Christmas song but should be played year-round. I see his point, but seeing this lovely performance of the song in the run-up to Christmas did feel pretty special.
Onto 2024 next week! We’re getting there…
parkrunday: Town Moor #693
Last Saturday, Geth and I went to the Moor for a change. He fancied a faster effort and I was still taking it really easy due to my hamstring niggle. It’s strange how slow parkrun feels when you’re taking it properly easy. I was a little faster than the previous week at Jesmond Dene… but not much.
No picture as there was no photographer (I did take a selfie for logging purposes but it’s not particularly blogworthy).
I’ll still be taking it easy this weekend (yet to decide where) but the hamstring is much improved following a sports massage so hopefully I’ll be able to get a bit of speed up again soon!