I love the relationship you have with poppy, it’s adorable. I have 2 similar aged girls and I’m in a similar single parent situation and seeing your videos really gives me reassurance that taking them to park run is the right thing for the 3 of us - poppy is growing up with a true role model x
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
Thank you ❤️ ooh... The dynamic is always harder when you're outnumbered so massive kudos to you! 💪 I think it's so important to do things that keep us, the parents, sane and happy and parkrun is that for me. I don't care if we run, walk, get distracted by the views. I'm experiencing the world with Poppy and in a few years she'll be a teenager and might not want that so for now I'm appreciating every second! 😃🤗❤️
@richsullivan1950 Жыл бұрын
Two Norwegian Park Runs in a weekend? That's a veritable fjord fiesta Nicola. Great video as always, the footage from the train was incredible
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
Lol... Excellent fjord punnage 🤣🤣🤣 Gotta love the extra days 😃 the scenery from the train was epic! 😍
@aandalewis1599 Жыл бұрын
What a lovely video. Thanks for visiting us and for sharing your joy.
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for having us. We'll be eternally grateful for the warm welcome we received ❤️🇳🇴❤️
@tonyreeves5083 Жыл бұрын
What a lovely film - well done Nic. Thanks for sharing and we can continue to live parkrun tourism vicariously....! Best wishes and thanks for your efforts in filming and sharing.
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
Thanks Tony, I'm so pleased that you enjoyed visiting Løvstien parkrun with us via KZbin 🤗 it's definitely one to add to the wishlist! 😉
@bertiepowell3027 Жыл бұрын
I think this must be the best parkrun for journey view and fun and great presentation from park run legend
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Bertie 🤗 I can't think of a journey to rival it and the parkrun was pretty special too! I feel lucky that we got to visit 😃
@arrontrevor7086 Жыл бұрын
That train journey was awesome, both the train itself and the views. It was also noticeable how clean Norway looks. Tusen takk for sharing the video with us :)
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
Norway was spotless! Puts us to shame! And yes the views from the train were just unbelievable 😍
@jankarel6454 Жыл бұрын
The scenery on that train journey was magical. Everything was so beautiful it would be hard to decide where to look. The views from the parkrun were beautiful, too, but those hills would have done me in.
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
Wasn't the train just incredible?! 😍 Couldn't believe that after 7.5 hours we wanted to do it all over again! Yeah the parkrun hills were walking hills 😜
@gypsymuffinABZ Жыл бұрын
The parkrun looked amazing! But that train journey looked incredible! 🤩
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
The perfect combination! I'm so pleased we risked it and left the safety of multiple parkruns in Oslo! We were very well rewarded! 😍
@emmarunyeard6832 Жыл бұрын
Oh my , the landscape made me feel really emotional x
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
Isn't it stunning?! 😍 What a train journey!
@davidalderson Жыл бұрын
Heading to Norway this summer and planning on going to both Tøyen and Løvstien parkruns. Even more excited after watching your videos.
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
You'll love it! They're just brilliant places and awesome teams 🥰
@bren70ssss94 Жыл бұрын
Yay what a nice surprise , glad you had fun .I liked the dog running with his emergency stick , very important 🤣🤣, Poppy has taken a stretch , shes gonna be a tall girl i reckon .Have a lovely week , weather is to be nice 😁
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
I laughed at the dog too 🤣 so cute! Yes I think Poppy will be my height in no time at all! 😱
@northernpacingvolunteers4959 Жыл бұрын
Oh that proper cheered me up! Can we go back?! Loving the train video, I agree, no words!
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
Yay! Such an awesome trip hey?! And I don't even think the video really does it justice. Just epic scenery hour after hour 😍😍😍
@paperjourni8964 Жыл бұрын
wow what a stunning few days! having been there myself I can also imagine that you mustbe quite exhausted from all of the walking running and doing. But what an amazing attitude Poppy has! she is happy with everything and not tiring up. so amazing! you did so many things right. ❤️
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. I thank my lucky stars every single day that Poppy is my daughter. She's the best adventure buddy ever! We did loads and she took it all in her stride. I'm hoping it gives her the spirit of adventure for her future 🥰
@thamossop Жыл бұрын
Such amazing views from the train journey and the parkrun. Those hills looked like hard work mind. Another very enjoyable parkrun video
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
Thanks, it was an awesome journey and a brilliant parkrun. The hills were okay if you walked them 😜🤣
@Tonyr2 Жыл бұрын
Blimey you never cease to surprise me with your parkrunning Nicola. You keep 'topping yourself' time and again. 👍 excellent vlog as always.
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
Well I'll certainly take that as a compliment 😃 Thank you so much! 🤗
@Tonyr2 Жыл бұрын
Come to Stevenage parkrun one day when I am RD. Danny's done it you know. Be great meet you one day.
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
@@Tonyr2 would love to, hopefully one day 😃
@treeofwisdomoracle7863 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this great video! ❤ Heading to Norway in July with my new Hubby. We are excited. 😊 🎉
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
Ooh exciting! Firstly... Huge congratulations on your wedding 🥰 and secondly... You should be excited! Norway is awesome! We couldn't believe how much we loved it! I'm excited for you 🤗
@amitshinde3726 Жыл бұрын
First one to view this video! Planning to explore the same journey.
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
Oh amazing, it's incredible, I hope you love it as much as we did 🤗
@barnabynorman157 Жыл бұрын
I loved Bergen when we sailed there across the North Sea from Lowestoft and it was sunny there! The parkrun looks lovely and will have to visit there one day. Thanks for sharing.
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
Ooh yes definitely add it to the list 😍
@tonystrange7224 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful video Nicola, it’s been on my bucket list for years to do a Scandinavian winter rail journey for years. One day I will do t. Your rail journey looked absolutely fantastic. And you’re right, no park run is going to top this.
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
We knew it was going to be good but it blew us away just how good it was! 😍
@NathanHeaver Жыл бұрын
So strange to see myself in this what a great tough parkrun it was
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
I'm so pleased we went to Bergen, I think those of us that chose Løvstien chose so well! It was brilliantly tough wasn't it?! 😃
@mattmiller8139 Жыл бұрын
Another great video, Nicola, I must go back to Bergen & do Løvstien parkrun. If you want to tie in another parkrun with a breathtaking train journey I would suggest taking the train over the St Gotthard Pass to Milan. The train does loop the loop in at few places. Be careful not to book a train through the recently built St Gotthard Base Tunnel or you won’t see anything as it goes right under the mountains.
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
Thanks, I'll have to check out Italy as we've done Milano Nord parkrun already... Not sure if there's another 🤔
@mattmiller8139 Жыл бұрын
Mura di Lucca is the one I want to do in Italy as it is a beautiful medieval town & running on top of the town walls would be really cool. Another option if you wanted to travel on the St Gotthard Railway would be to fly into Milan, take the railway over the Alps to Lucerne & then head onto Hockgraben parkrun at Constance (just across the border in Germany) and fly back from Munich. If you go to Lucerne visit the huge Swiss Transport Railway Museum. When I was there they had a fantastic train driving simulator for you to try. A third option would be to fly to Basle & do Dreilandergarten parkrun just across the border in Germany. From Basle you can easily get trains down to the breathtaking area around Interlaken where the Eiger, Monch & Jungfrau Mountains are situated. Once there you can go on the breathtaking train ride all the way upto the top of the Jungfraujoch through the mountain. I didn’t do that but I took a cable car upto the Schilthorn Restaurant on the opposite side of the valley which was where the Bond film “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” was partly filmed. I also went up the Pilatus Cogwheel Railway at Lucerne & the Gornergrat Railway at Zermatt. Several of these breathtaking rides are half price if you buy a Swiss Rail Pass for a week which is what I did.
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
@@mattmiller8139 wow! Thanks for the suggestions 😃
@geoffclarke3796 Жыл бұрын
Wow, some spectacular views there Nicola. I imagined Norway to be pretty flat but the hills on that parkrun look brutal. Sounds like your having a good time over there.
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
Apparently their parkruns are super hilly all round! Loads of mountains out there... This isn't even the hilliest of their 7 parkruns... There's hillier! ⛰️😳😃
@abigailrowcroft9399 Жыл бұрын
WOW!! So stunning!
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
I had no idea just how beautiful Norway is! 🇳🇴😍
@MB-qk5it Жыл бұрын
Wow, that was an amazing vlog 👍
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
Thank you 🤗🤗🤗
@lesumodelsNC Жыл бұрын
Thanks Nicola, we can’t wait now !😳
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
It's just incredible! You'll love it! 😍
@susanheneghan5879 Жыл бұрын
Fabulous Nicola ❤
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 🤗
@IslaSprollie Жыл бұрын
Brilliant +1🤩
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! 🥰
@Rubix78 Жыл бұрын
Looks like a beautiful place and parkrun, maybe one day I'll get to go.
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
I've fallen in love with Norway, it's such a beautiful country and the people are wonderful and the landscape stunning... And they have parkrun! 😃
@Rubix78 Жыл бұрын
@@NicolaRuns The most important part! one day hopefully.
@dunelmite1 Жыл бұрын
Yet another inspirational video. I would absolutely love to do this parkrun but I gather that it often gets cancelled owing to the very changeable weather in Bergen. These vids are amazing. Keep them coming!!
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much. I wasn't aware of a load of cancellations 🤔 maybe check out the event history to see... It rains a lot there so maybe ice in winter gives reason to cancel but you should be safer in warmer weather 😊
@dunelmite1 Жыл бұрын
I have watched this again after 7 months since I last watched it. I am hoping to do this parkrun on Easter Saturday next year!! I hope you have a Merry Christmas.
@StuRuns Жыл бұрын
That was Adam from my club out front! I would have told him to say hi if I'd have known he was there too.
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
He was RAPID! 🏃♂️
@aandalewis1599 Жыл бұрын
If you want to stop on the rail journey, then apart from Finse (where you could stay in the hotel or the DNT cabin), then try Hallingskeid. The railway station itself is impressive (and the no cooking signs are amusing). You can stay at the DNT cabin (self catering) which is only a short walk from the station. If doing it in the summer, then rent bikes (Finse or Myrdal) and cycle down to the fjord at Flåm
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
Oh wow that sounds like perfection! We'd love to do that, thanks for the advice/recommendations 🥰
@johnnyguitar6639 Жыл бұрын
12:10 I did notice a pause. lol
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Beckooo927 ай бұрын
This is cool! How do you find out about the ones you can 'double up' with? like two in one trip!
@NicolaRuns7 ай бұрын
If you Google 'parkrun extra days' then there's a page detailing which day each parkrun territory holds it's additional parkrun. There's boxing day in Poland, ascension day in the Nordics (they changed it last year), the Netherlands is this Monday, obviously several countries choose Xmas day, there's Thanksgiving in the US etc etc 😃
@taffman1 Жыл бұрын
Where does your little one get her energy from?
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
I've dragged her around since she was little bless her 😜 I remember us doing 10 miles in a day once when she was 4... Not on purpose but we were just exploring. She's just been brought up on an active lifestyle and now has more energy than me 🤦🏻♀️🤣
@Clairewy Жыл бұрын
Hope it's not cancelled when I go
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
Keep everything crossed! 🤞🤞🤞
@Clairewy Жыл бұрын
@@NicolaRuns have you decided what parkruns you doing in Netherlands yet
@NicolaRuns Жыл бұрын
@@Clairewy no, we arrive on the Thursday so plan is to check out a few and see where we fancy going 😃