Here’s one that Mum and Dad found in the Brecon Beacons.
(Coordinates 51°87’22.5″N, 3°47’97.2″W.)
There’s still a phone in this one, presumably because it’s quite remote!
Phone Box Thursday: A470, Storey Arms
Month: November 2025
parkrunday: Ekebergsletta #155
I had been planning and looking forward to this parkrun for ages!
I knew I would be in Oslo this weekend and so I had selected Ekebergsletta early this year (having previously done Tøyen when I last visited), but it was only a couple of months ago that I realised it would be a good place to do my 50th different parkrun location (something that I have been working towards all year with a target of hitting it by the end of 2025).
I knew late November would be cold in Oslo but I was still fairly surprised to see a forecast of minus 5 degrees and snow for this weekend! In my experience, Nordic parkruns don’t tend to cancel for winter weather, but I was still a tiny bit nervous and checking the Facebook page constantly for about a fortnight beforehand.
We ran the two miles there and back to make it a nice seven-mile morning. A small event and very friendly as small events tend to be! It wasn’t wintry enough for the winter course so they were still on the summer one 😃
Loved this parkrun and delighted to celebrate my 50th location here.
Phone Box Thursday: Bute Street, Treherbert
Here’s a fairly festive one that Mum and Dad found, again in Geth’s old neck of the woods.
(Coordinates 51°67’37.0″N, 3°53’40.9″W.)
Not sure what the occasion was but it looks quite nice in its flowers and hat.
parkrunday: Jesmond Dene #237
Just a lovely easy run round the Dene again this morning. It’s getting cold and damp but I loved it.
Further afield again next week.
Phone Box Thursday: Church Road, Ton Pentre
Geth is from Ton Pentre originally and we often visited when his mum was still living there. However, we’ve not had much reason to return since she moved away, and so I’ve never photographed this phone box. Mum and Dad were passing through on their most recent Welsh trip and collected it for me.
(Coordinates 51°64’76.8″N, 3°48’77.7″W.)
No phone in this one and it’s a bit run down (as Ton can be in general, sadly) but nice that it’s still there.
More from the Valleys next week.
parkrunday: Fulwell Quarry #73
Fulwell Quarry parkrun has been my NENDY for a good eighteen months or so since it launched. When ticking off local parkruns, I prefer to drive north rather than crossing the Tyne (the Saturday morning traffic is generally easier). However, I felt it was about time to start making some inroads into Sunderland, so over the river I went this morning.
It stayed dry for the parkrun but was damp and muddy underfoot (a lot of the surface is grass and trail). I had a vague progression on the plan so held back a little for the first lap while learning the route and stepped up the pace a little for the second. Lots of hills though so not an easy course at all!
Back on more familiar ground next week.
Phone Box Thursday: Cary Road, North Cadbury
Here’s another from Mum and Dad’s travels down south.
(Coordinates 51°04’34.6″N, 2°52’32.1″W.)
This one is a nicely-kept book swap! Well maintained and well stocked. Lovely to see.
Into Wales next week.
parkrunday: Philips Park #126
I was in Manchester last night for the Duran Duran Hallowe’en concert (review coming… eventually. There’s a backlog). A Friday night trip away also provides an opportunity for parkrun tourism, so I tried out Philips Park this morning!
It was very very wet leading up to the start of the run so there weren’t many people out, but I did meet a couple of fellow Scots (both of whom had also been to the concert) and the team were very friendly and in good spirits despite the weather. The course is undulating, so not a super fast one, but it was good to stretch my legs and pick up the pace a little after a couple of weeks of marathon recovery.
Local again next week.