Running Jubilee parkrun in Spennymoor. parkrun Tourism, alphabet chasing and new parkrun pastimes!

[@barnabynorman157]

What a beautiful park with a lovely team. I loved Poppy's bouquet, so creative. Can't believe you were still there at 5pm - thanks for sharing.

[@NicolaRuns]

We are MASSIVE parkfaffers! 😜🤣

[@ALittleAdventureTime]

Love that Iona and Poppy share a love of playgrounds. Iona's missed them the last couple of parkruns we've done, so need to make sure our next parkrun has a playground 😀

[@NicolaRuns]

Instead of Iona I'm reading Ian and instead of Poppy I'm reading Nicola 😜😂 I love a good playground 🤣

[@ALittleAdventureTime]

@@NicolaRuns you might be right there 🤣

[@NicolaRuns]

@@ALittleAdventureTime it doesn't need to all be about the children 😜

[@tonystrange7224]

Another fabulous video Nicola and clearly Poppy had a fantastic time as well. And yet again the weather was super kind to you. The park looked amazing and it had what every good park should have, a good band stand. Looking forward to your Scandinavian adventure, so until then take care.

[@NicolaRuns]

Thanks Tony... I'll warn you now though... No bandstands at our Scandinavian parkruns! 😱😜

[@tonystrange7224]

@@NicolaRuns just men running in Lederhosen 😉😂😂😂

[@NicolaRuns]

@@tonystrange7224 🤣

[@tommyquinnhughes]

What a lovely and very sweet video you made. Thanks for sharing your day out with us.

[@NicolaRuns]

Thanks Tommy 😃 we absolutely love parkrundays 🥰 they're a real family day 👩‍👧

[@terben7339]

Fellow parkrunner here, But from Oz. I found your channel while looking for videos of parkruns in the parts of Leeds where I was born and lived, until I was 6 and left the UK. I think that reaching my 500 milestone is a bit beyond me, but I hope to get to 250 this year. Great content! I love all the Leeds and Yorkshire content, it makes me a bit homesick, even though I left 68 years ago.

[@NicolaRuns]

Hiya 👋 thank you 🤗 pleased you're enjoying the videos, do you ever come back for a visit? Which would be your home parkrun? We're off to Woodhouse Moor this morning 🏃‍♀️

[@terben7339]

@@NicolaRuns I was born at St Mary's, Armley. My parents lived just west of Hyde Park Rd and then we moved to Potternewton, where the Chapel Allerton Hospital now stands. So the parkruns would be Armley, Woodhouse Moor and Potternewton. I have only been back once, many years ago. I watched the video of your return to parkrun after the Covid lockdown, it was quite moving. Our lockdown in South Australia wasn't as long as in the UK, but we missed it just as keenly.

[@keithgreen2102]

Looking forward to seeing your Scandi parkrun adventure! I was in Copenhagen and Malmö last month- love both cities!

[@NicolaRuns]

I loved them both but have absolutely fallen in love with Copenhagen! I need to go back as no way were we there for long enough! 😍

[@davidailano1742]

Hi, I've popped in from the Run to the hills podcast and watched the Hull half pacing before this vid caught my eye. My wife and her friends went down from South Shields for the Jubilee run and met the Queen aka runstreaker Paul Smith. You and Paul were nearly both in the same place at the same time! 6 degrees of separation fact... the lady who gave you your token, Pat, used to be a coach at South Shields Harriers and used to coach my wife. Good luck with your next 100 miler!

[@NicolaRuns]

Hi David 👋 Yay! I love things like that 😃 it's nice to know our running community is all inked together. It makes it feel like one big family 🥰 I absolutely loved Jubilee parkrun, the people were just brilliant humans 🤗

[@tonyreeves5083]

I loved this! It was smashing to see Lesley join in with the spirit of Poppy’s game. I ran Huntingdon parkrun a few weeks ago with my 5yo grandson and we had a very speedy last km - he got a lot faster when he found a stick that looked like a gun and we had to shoot and run away from the aliens in the woods! Great video Nic. Hope the Scandi-double was a blast!

[@NicolaRuns]

It's all about the parkrun games with kids. Otherwise it's pretty boring not getting to stop and play. We've done many runs as rabbits running away from Mr McGregor! 🤣 I'm shattered now but the double was bloody brilliant thanks 😃😃😃

[@virtuocitygowf7272]

My only English parkrun to date is Jubilee- it’s a wee toughy! Those hills look like nothing but bite increasingly hard each lap. Fond memories from last year- was a family weekend trip 😊

[@NicolaRuns]

That's awesome and yes the hills are so funny there. They look like absolutely nothing but then running them feels so hard and you feel like something is wrong with your legs 🤣🤣🤣 sneaky little draggy hills! ⛰️

[@gypsymuffinABZ]

13:20 superb! Brilliant video Nicola!

[@NicolaRuns]

Thank you 🤗 Awww Poppy was so proud... It's still in our garden! 😃

[@watsocj]

I had the pleasure of meeting you at Sherwood Pines parkrun. 👍😃

[@NicolaRuns]

That was an awesome day wasn't it?! We were so lucky with the weather and the sun shining through all those gorgeous trees! 😍 I love parkrunworld for introducing such beautiful places into our lives 😃

[@emmarunyeard6832]

Scandi excitement xxxx what a brilliant mum you are - poppy is getting all the tools she needs to make the world a better place #nextgenerationseeds xx

[@NicolaRuns]

Awww thank you Emma. What a beautiful thing to say ❤️ I really appreciate it and hope you're right 🤗

[@andywalker9880]

😍 Fab video, thanks for sharing! We know this park well, having visited muchos times with our little ones during the various lockdowns! Lovely spot, hope you and Poppy enjoyed your visit! 🌳🧡

[@NicolaRuns]

We absolutely loved it! 😃 It's such a cool park 😍 great to have on your doorstep!

[@abigailrowcroft9399]

Thanks for the great video - it's such a lovely parkrun and I remember that long hill well! Loved Poppy's bouquet! My boy picks up sticks wherever we go too! Will have to look out for Gigis next time we go 😀

[@NicolaRuns]

Thanks 🤗 it's a funny hill isn't it, like a hill that's not a hill. It's nothing to look at but hard to run up?! 🤣

[@arrontrevor7086]

Great video as always! Just checked the attendance and they had 202 on Saturday compared with 43 when you were there, so a pretty good turnout.

[@NicolaRuns]

Thanks Arron, yes I'm pleased they weren't crazily overrun! I was a bit worried for them but that's a good influx without being ridiculous 😃

[@richsullivan1950]

Lovely wholesome video Nicola, great trampoline montage. I take it that toilet-cam won't become a regular feature?

[@NicolaRuns]

Thanks 🤗 Lol let's hope not 🤣 or... Let's hope so?! We do live a fancy toilet! 🙃😂

[@lukedaniel7669]

I love all the mature trees in the park! Poppy's stick is amazing, reminds me of a Green Man. Does Poppy know about that - I think it could be right up her street.

[@NicolaRuns]

No and I don't know about that?! What is a Green Man? 🙃🤔😃

[@lukedaniel7669]

@@NicolaRuns kind of tricky to explain, but the Green Man is a distinctive English folk tradition. He's sort of the embodiment of the woods and countryside and a whole lot else - well worth digging into as there's all sorts of stories and traditions attached.

[@NicolaRuns]

@@lukedaniel7669 oh cool, thanks! I'll have to do some research 😃

[@Teeekzy]

Saw you both at Copenhagen airport today!

[@NicolaRuns]

Hi 👋👋👋 were we eating cinnamon treats? 90% of our time in Scandinavia was spent doing that 🤣

[@Musicianandteacher]

We did Jubilee last year as a family of three with our (then) 8 year old daughter 👍

[@NicolaRuns]

It's a great place to go with kids isn't it! And for us big kids too 😉

[@Musicianandteacher]

@@NicolaRuns It was our J, travelling from Central Scotland - but a new Jubilee is due to start in Central Scotland soon hopefully (been delayed for a while).

[@NicolaRuns]

@@Musicianandteacher it's funny there's hardly any and then 2 so close together! 🙃

[@NicolaRuns]

@@Musicianandteacher I need to come up to Glasgow for my Q 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Musicianandteacher]

@@NicolaRuns Queens Park is a great parkrun - hilly loops but fabulous city views from the top - you will LOVE it and a great cafe in the local church at the entrance to the park 😄

[@avinashbhogun]

Fika in Sweden! Yum :)

[@NicolaRuns]

We fikaed (can I add 'ed' to fika...?! 🤔🤣) for hours and hours and hours 😃😃😃

[@davebayliff3033]

Great video, I loved Jubilee, but I’m sure you meant Spennymoor 😃

[@NicolaRuns]

What do you mean Dave? 🤔 😜 Thanks for the heads up. I'm shattered after the Denmark Sweden double and have put this video out while travelling! Oops 🤣

[@davebayliff3033]

@@NicolaRuns it’s the spelling, the town is Spennymoor. But it looks like you have updated now. Hope you recover from your travels soon x

[@NicolaRuns]

@@davebayliff3033 yes I was joking... I read your comment and changed it 😜 cheers 👍

[@nolavout9094]

Poppy is your double!l!!

[@NicolaRuns]

My mini-me 👩‍👧🥰

[@nolavout9094]

Spennymoor, not too far from us in Stockton on tees

[@NicolaRuns]

Ooh I've done the Stockton Duathlon and I LOVED it! 😃

[@nolavout9094]

Excellent, did you chat to the ladies of the night shall we say on the way round, the place is full of them 🤣🤣😫

[@NicolaRuns]

@@nolavout9094 oh my goodness no, we didn't see any of them. That's sad though! 😩