I’ll just put this here...

[TailChaser]

(Ok, I can’t wait any longer 😂) VRB meetup at Isabel Trail parkrun....why has Oldfloss got a pole sticking out of her head and Runningroni developed an antennae? Sorry, probably the worst photo taken all morning at our fabulous meet up!

It was lovely to meet you all, Oldfloss, Runningroni, Jay66UK and of course, Flaraflarkin . Katnap and i felt like we’d known you all for ages even though we’d only just met 🥰 Must, must, must do it again some time 👍👍👍🦆

[over61andstilltrying Graduate10]

Sounds wonderful!😊🏃‍♀️🏃🏻🏃🏻‍♀️🏃

[TailChaser Graduate10 in reply to over61andstilltrying]

It was over61, and we had a really good natter after our run.

[Flaraflarkin Graduate10 in reply to TailChaser]

🤗

[Flaraflarkin Graduate10]

Jay66UK looks like he's getting a telling off and Oldfloss is doing a runner!!😂😂 It was sooooo cool to meet you all in person, wish we'd had longer 😊

[TailChaser Graduate10 in reply to Flaraflarkin]

🤣 He does, doesn’t he 😂 Most definitely second that Flara 🤗

[Jay66UK Graduate10 in reply to Flaraflarkin]

Story of my life!

[Flaraflarkin Graduate10 in reply to Jay66UK]

😂😂

[Jay66UK Graduate10 in reply to Flaraflarkin]

Just a source of entertainment...

[Flaraflarkin Graduate10 in reply to Jay66UK]

😂😂 you just make me laugh!!😂😂

[Hidden in reply to Jay66UK]

😂😂

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

OMG you awesome people! Must have been amazing. I’m so glad it all worked out for you, and it looks like a gorgeous day too. 😍🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️❤️

[Flaraflarkin Graduate10 in reply to cheekychipmunks]

I want to go back and do it again!!☺

[TailChaser Graduate10 in reply to Flaraflarkin]

Me too!

[Tasha99 Graduate10]

Well done! Next time head further north 😂

[Hidden in reply to Tasha99]

Much further North! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴

[Tartancat Graduate10]

Next time head further south!!

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10 in reply to Tartancat]

Yesssss! 👍👍👍👍

[TailChaser Graduate10 in reply to cheekychipmunks]

😂 can’t think why my head is spinning!

[Tasha99 Graduate10 in reply to Tartancat]

👿😂

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to Tartancat]

Much further south!

[Katnap Graduate10]

Next time head further East!

[Tasha99 Graduate10 in reply to Katnap]

And north 😂

[Elfe5 60minGraduate in reply to Tasha99]

Yay for north! 😃

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10 in reply to Katnap]

Or south west! 😈

[TailChaser Graduate10 in reply to cheekychipmunks]

🧞‍♀️I see a future, a future full of Premier Inns and Travel Lodges 🧞‍♀️😱

[TailChaser Graduate10 in reply to TailChaser]

But also meeting lots of lovely, runny people 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️

[Sandraj39 Graduate10]

Well done on your meet up! Just brilliant to meet up with some VRB!🙂🙂👍

[TailChaser Graduate10 in reply to Sandraj39]

It was great Sandra, can’t recommend it enough! 👍👍

[Katnap Graduate10]

Next time head further West!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10]

That photo is soooooo flattering Not!!!!

It was simply great and we had a blast!

The boys are a delight and we all just clicked... Thank goodness for the forum for getting us all together... I cannot wait for the next one! It was so good to meet the faces behind the names xx

[TailChaser Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

Thank you Oldfloss, they’re not bad really 😉

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

Fantastic Oldfloss, are you beginning to enjoy running with other people now?

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

It was fun..and it was better with friends...I trickled along with TailChaser 's son..he runs at my pace...happy pace The snail brooch loved it xx

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

🐌🐈👏👏

[Gran4z Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

Next time south east coast please 🙏🌻

[TailChaser Graduate10 in reply to Gran4z]

I’d love to do the south/south east coast - we know lots of people down that way so it’s a definite possibility 👍👍

[Gran4z Graduate10 in reply to TailChaser]

Brilliant...see you soon, well in due course.

[Runningroni Graduate10]

What happened to the tall tale of Floss being arrested and the rest of us spending the morning staging a jail break.

So very good to meet you and I would run with you and cat pack any day of the week.

Wasn't it good.

[TailChaser Graduate10 in reply to Runningroni]

🤫 don’t tell anyone, we’re in hiding...😂

Great to meet and run with you too Runningroni, and it was, absolutely fab!

[Flaraflarkin Graduate10 in reply to Runningroni]

😂😂😂

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Runningroni]

They caved in...I can spin a yarn later 😉

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to Runningroni]

Well done on the snail badges too runningroni, although I bet you all ran like hares.

[Runningroni Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

I have just one badge left. I will save it for you.

Enjoy the skiing.

Hares ? No that wasn't me but catnap and little kitten were speedy.

[Flaraflarkin Graduate10 in reply to Runningroni]

Yeah thanks so muvh for the badges RR, brilliant idea! I'm going to wear mine with pride from now on! Team Snail 👊

[Wimborne]

Just fabulous. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[RunBrianRun Graduate10]

That’s just brilliant! Love it. Well done.

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to RunBrianRun]

Next time you do your parkrun tourism Brian, you could find you are not in your own!

[RunBrianRun Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

Oh I really do hope so. I’ve only really ever run on my own and I’d love to run with others and encourage each other. The two times I ran with my brother I absolutely loved it. Here’s to a summer of Parkrun running with some VRBs hopefully 😃

[JonathanP Graduate10]

Fantastic TC - looks like you had great weather for it too 😀

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to JonathanP]

Well have to get more people involved at lakeside next time JP! We can’t be upstaged like this. 😂

[JonathanP Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

Definitely Dexy! Or we could come to Southsea, where an additional motivation might be the chance of a PB! 😀

Hope you and UTS have a great skiing trip - I believe it's a bit chilly over there at present! 🏔

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to JonathanP]

Our flat parkrun will definitely give you a PB Jonathan (wind permitting). Coddfish and OH run there too. We just volunteered today as we are both recovering from streaming colds.

Yes a bit scarey at -35c in Colorado. But I have been assured by UpTheStanley that temperatures are forecast to rise next week and more snow will fall. This is our 5th visit but it’s never been that cold before. ⛷⛷❄️☃️

[TailChaser Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

Wow, that is cold Dexy! I hope your colds go before you set off.

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to TailChaser]

I think we’ve timed it right with the colds - feel much better this evening. Touch wood .

[JonathanP Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

Yes I too have suffered from a chesty cold this week. I managed to run yesterday but it wasn't one of my best!

Fingers crossed for the weather then!

[BarbieW Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

I remember reading a travel brochure for somewhere in Siberia once

“It is amazing how quickly the body gets used to -35 degrees”

Enjoy!

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to BarbieW]

I hope so BarbieW - if not, there’s always the hot tub !

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to BarbieW]

Fortunately, it is warmer (-20) and was snowing on arrival . Yay. ❄️☃️❄️

[TailChaser Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

👍🌨👍🌨👍

[TailChaser Graduate10 in reply to JonathanP]

The weather was as warm as the company JP, it was a beautiful, almost spring, day (still had to wear the bobble hat though 😁)

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

What a beautiful day you had for it too. It was very grey on the south coast - the Isle of Wight disappeared.

So lovely that the cat family made it to the get together. What time did you have to get up?

[TailChaser Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

It wasn’t so bad Dexy, we left at 6.45am and got there just after 8am. Looking forward to a lie-in on Sunday though. We left lovely, sunny Stafford to return to a grey Warwickshire, so we probably had a much warmer Parkrun than our usual home run.

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to TailChaser]

Well done you. Enjoy school holidays.

[TailChaser Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

Thanks Dexy, the kittens are looking forward to lots of lie-ins!

[SaskAlliecat Graduate10]

It is so great that you all made this happen today! You all rock!

BTW I love your shirt Oldfloss 😍 - slow and steady, a mantra so many of us live (run) by 😊

[TailChaser Graduate10 in reply to SaskAlliecat]

Runningroni gave us all snail badges to match Oldfloss’s t-shirt, which was lovely of her 🤗

[SaskAlliecat Graduate10 in reply to TailChaser]

How lovely of Runningroni ! A snail posse 🐌😁

[TailChaser Graduate10 in reply to SaskAlliecat]

Wearing it with pride 😍

[Irish-John Graduate10]

Great pic !!! Thank you for posting 😊

Hopefully we will ALL meet at the GC next year

[TailChaser Graduate10 in reply to Irish-John]

Thanks Irish-John! I’d like to think we could but it depends on the kittens 🤭 Sounds a fantastic meetup though so fingers crossed 🤞🤞🤞

[Irish-John Graduate10 in reply to TailChaser]

And fingers crossed here also

[Katnap Graduate10]

Pandora's box has been opened! 😵☕

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Katnap]

Be afraid..be very afraid...!!

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate10]

Ah, this looks like an 'after run' piccy...pleased you had blue skies. Well done everyone 😎xxx

[Flaraflarkin Graduate10 in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

Yes we were peeling off the layers post run - the weather was gorgeous! Thank you 😊

[TailChaser Graduate10 in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

Yes Jan, it was after run but before coffee & cake (with thanks to Oldfloss !). The pink cheeks are a bit of a giveaway 😂 x

[Sandie1961 Graduate10]

Sounds like you had a brilliant time. I so wish I had been there rather than in a 9 hour traffic jam heading to the Alps. Could be a whole caravan of park run tourists now that Flaraflarkin has started it!

[Flaraflarkin Graduate10 in reply to Sandie1961]

Waaaaah those words sound familiar "Flaraflarkin started it!"😂😂 Eugh your traffic jam sounds hellish - but The Alps! Wow! Enjoy 😊

[TailChaser Graduate10 in reply to Sandie1961]

Oh Sandie, that sounds horrendous! I hope you’ve made it ok now. Yes, Flara has really started something!

[Irishprincess Graduate10]

Love it 😍

[grumpyoldgirl]

Ah that's just fabulous. Is that jay saying "me? No, it definitely wasn't me!" 😁

[Flaraflarkin Graduate10 in reply to grumpyoldgirl]

You can get away with anything when you look like Clooney 😉

[grumpyoldgirl in reply to Flaraflarkin]

It was ever thus 😁

[Flaraflarkin Graduate10 in reply to grumpyoldgirl]

He's a silver fox alright 😊and he'll *blush* if he ever sees this!🤗

[TailChaser Graduate10 in reply to Flaraflarkin]

😂 I hope so Flara 😉

[Flaraflarkin Graduate10 in reply to TailChaser]

😂

[Jay66UK Graduate10 in reply to Flaraflarkin]

:::blush:::

[grumpyoldgirl in reply to Jay66UK]

Silver fox, eh! I don't know just can't leave you lot alone for five minutes! 😂😂😂

[TailChaser Graduate10 in reply to grumpyoldgirl]

😂😂😂

[Flaraflarkin Graduate10 in reply to Jay66UK]

He he 🤗

[mountaindreamer Graduate10]

Aw - great you all met up! 😍😃❤️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

[TailChaser Graduate10 in reply to mountaindreamer]

I can’t recommend it highly enough MD 😃👍👍👍