Bikes, trains and parkruns
Leon Brunt tells the story of how he went from a “binge runner” and “casual cyclist” to an avid pedal to parkrunner. Find out more about his four categories of pedal to parkrun adventure and get inspired!
Pedal to Monsal Trail parkrun
It had only been a week since my last overnight pedal to parkrun adventure to Sence Valley Forest Park. I couldn’t take another Friday off work, so I decided to get up crazily early on Saturday 25 November to pedal to Monsal trail parkrun. The Peak District is a regular haunt of mine and I’ve […]
Pedal to Sence Valley Forest Park parkrun
It was Friday 17 November, and I had the day booked off work. It was time for my first overnight pedal to parkrun trip since the summer. I’d done quite a bit of recent tourism whilst on holidays or going elsewhere on a Saturday – sometimes cycling, and sometimes in the car. But now it […]
Harry & Nicolas vs John O’Groats to Land’s End
In the summer of 2023, 9-year-old Harry Peksa and his dad Nicolas cycled 1,300 miles from John O’Groats to Land’s End. As if that wasn’t enough of a challenge, they also completed four parkruns along the way!
Pedal to Beacon Hill Country Park parkrun
It was Friday 23rd June 2023. I’d booked the afternoon off work, the sun was shining, and I was ready to pedal to Beacon Hill Country Park parkrun! Pedal to Woodthorpe I’d booked AirBnB accommodation for the night in Woodthorpe, just south of Loughborough. I set off from my home in Beeston starting with the […]
Pedal to Brierley Forest parkrun
The tale of a pedal to Brierley Forest parkrun from Nottingham, including a wild camping adventure!
Pedal to Fountains Abbey parkrun
It’s been a long time since my last overnight Pedal to parkrun adventure. Over the winter I’ve been cycling to more local parkruns and squeezing in a bit of non-cycle tourism when I’ve been elsewhere for other reasons. But now it was time to pedal to Fountains Abbey parkrun! It was a risk to pre-book […]
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. […]
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 […]