Pedal back from Unisee parkrun
In this post I talk about the pedal back from Unisee parkrun in Bremen to Hoek van Holland where we caught the ferry back to the UK. It describes six days of cycling, covering 319 miles. You can read about the previous week when we pedalled from Den Haag to Bremen in my Pedal to […]
Pedal to Unisee parkrun: Part 2
This post covers the second part of our pedal to Unisee parkrun and the wonderful parkrun itself. If you’d like to read about the first four days of our journey, see Part 1. Day 5: Delfzijl to Emden We made it to Germany today! After using the track pump in the hotel’s bike shed, we […]
Pedal to Unisee parkrun: Part 1
The time had come to complete my alphabet and pedal to Unisee parkrun. We were about to begin seven days of cycling from Den Haag in the Netherlands to Bremen in Germany. I’d just completed Zuiderpark parkrun (see previous blog post) and U was now my final target! I’d done a lot of planning for […]
Pedal to Zuiderpark parkrun
The day had finally arrived!! It was time to pedal to Zuiderpark parkrun! On Thursday 2 June 2022, Ian (my husband) and I loaded up the van with our bikes and panniers and set off for two weeks of cycling around Holland and Germany. The plan was to cycle 700 miles, taking part in in […]
Pedal to Shipley Country parkrun
On Saturday 28 May I pedaled to Shipley Country parkrun with my husband, Ian. I hadn’t done much tourism in the weeks prior. Two weeks before, I’d volunteered as a barcode scanner at Beeston parkrun… Then on 21 May I’d stayed in Beeston again to celebrate my 100th parkrun with friends and family! Pedal to […]
Pedal to Conkers parkrun
This week I pedalled from Long Eaton to Conkers parkrun. It’s been two weeks since my inaugural overnight Pedal to parkrun adventure, when I cycled to Grantham for Belton House parkrun – you can read more about that trip here. Last week I’d kept it local, cycling 4.5 miles each way to Wollaton Hall parkrun. […]
Pedal to Belton House parkrun
This weekend I finally got to pedal to Belton House parkrun, four weeks after I had originally planned to and Covid thwarted my plans! I had a few exciting jobs to do before I could set off on Friday. As well as getting a load of laundry washed and hung out, I also needed to […]
Pedals to Wollaton Hall and Long Eaton parkruns
Sadly, over the last five weeks I’ve only managed to pedal to two parkruns – Wollaton Hall on 5th March and Long Eaton on 2nd April. I‘d planned my first overnight adventure to Grantham for Belton House parkrun on 12th March. Unfortunately, it wasn’t meant to be as I tested positive for Covid on 8th. […]
Changing Plans
Plan 1: Żary As I mentioned in my previous post, the only letter of the parkrun alphabet that you can’t bag in the UK is Z. At the time of writing there is no parkrun beginning with X anywhere in the world. Ever since I started my parkrun A-Z I’d had a vague notion of […]
Pedal to parkrun: Origins
This post explains a bit more about me, my parkrun journey, and how my Pedal to parkrun project came to be. I love a project. My favourite projects generally involve the outdoors, being active, and elements of challenge and adventure. I’m also partial to a bit of “type 2 fun”. I’m not a natural at […]