Category Archives: Travel

Haldon Forest parkrun: the one with the mountain bikers

Posted on March 11, 2019 by alishep

Saturday 9th March saw me staying in Crediton, Devon, for the weekend so that I could attend the AGM of the Lundy Field Society. As the AGM didn’t start until 1pm, there was time to fit in a parkrun in … Continue reading →

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Boston parkrun: the one with the podcasters and uber-tourists

Posted on July 29, 2018 by alishep

When I was invited to spend a weekend in Lincolnshire at the rather splendid Skendleby Hall to celebrate a friend’s birthday, my first thought was “how lovely” and to check that I was free and able to go. But my … Continue reading →

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Running on Lundy Island

Posted on May 26, 2018 by alishep

Lundy. For many people the word is merely one in a list of places mentioned in the shipping forecast, perhaps in drowsiness as they drift off to sleep with Radio 4 on in the background. But for some, myself included, … Continue reading →

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Elford Scarecrow Festival

Posted on September 2, 2017 by alishep

If you’re looking for something quintessentially British, quaint and ever so slightly bonkers to do, you couldn’t do any better than by going to the Elford Scarecrow Festival. Taking place in the village of Elford, Staffordshire on the August Bank … Continue reading →

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Seaton parkrun: the one with the pebbles

Posted on July 23, 2017 by alishep

What crazy fool would set even part of a parkrun course on a pebble beach? This was my first thought on reading the course description for Seaton parkrun, and one that I came back to when I actually ran it! … Continue reading →

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Portobello parkrun: If Carlsberg did parkruns…

Posted on May 14, 2017 by alishep

One week on from some parkrun tourism at Weymouth, I found myself away for a consecutive weekend break at the opposite end of the UK – in fact, in a different country altogether. I had been invited to help celebrate … Continue reading →

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Weymouth parkrun: the one with the pineapple! (Or how parkrun has changed my life)

Posted on May 13, 2017 by alishep

Something very strange has happened to me. Throughout my life I have hated any form of exercise, and have only taken part in any organised sporting activity through necessity rather than choice. Team sports hold me in absolute terror with … Continue reading →

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Parkrun Tourism

Posted on March 19, 2017 by alishep

Over the last couple of weekends I have indulged in a bit of parkrun tourism, at Exeter and Rosliston in Derbyshire. Until recently I had not really come across the concept of parkrun tourism, despite having taken part in parkruns … Continue reading →

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Yorkshire 3 Peaks

Posted on July 4, 2016 by alishep

Having booked to walk the Inca Trail with a friend later in the year, I was looking to spend a few weekends training for the uneven steps and long periods of uphill that I’m going to experience in Peru. Yes, … Continue reading →

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LAND

Posted on May 8, 2016 by alishep

I have long been a fan of both the Landmark Trust and the artist Antony Gormley, so I was thrilled to learn that to mark Landmark’s 50th anniversary an art installation by Antony Gormley, consisting of five life-size statues cast in … Continue reading →

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