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(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 👍👍👍🦆

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over61andstilltryingGraduate10

Sounds wonderful!😊🏃‍♀️🏃🏻🏃🏻‍♀️🏃

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TailChaserGraduate10 in reply toover61andstilltrying

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

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FlaraflarkinGraduate10 in reply toTailChaser

🤗

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FlaraflarkinGraduate10

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 😊

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TailChaserGraduate10 in reply toFlaraflarkin

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

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Jay66UKGraduate10 in reply toFlaraflarkin

Story of my life!

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FlaraflarkinGraduate10 in reply toJay66UK

😂😂

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Jay66UKGraduate10 in reply toFlaraflarkin

Just a source of entertainment...

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FlaraflarkinGraduate10 in reply toJay66UK

😂😂 you just make me laugh!!😂😂

in reply toJay66UK

😂😂

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10

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. 😍🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️❤️

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FlaraflarkinGraduate10 in reply tocheekychipmunks

I want to go back and do it again!!☺

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TailChaserGraduate10 in reply toFlaraflarkin

Me too!

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Tasha99Graduate10

Well done! Next time head further north 😂

in reply toTasha99

Much further North! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴

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TartancatGraduate10

Next time head further south!!

cheekychipmunks profile image
cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply toTartancat

Yesssss! 👍👍👍👍

TailChaser profile image
TailChaserGraduate10 in reply tocheekychipmunks

😂 can’t think why my head is spinning!

Tasha99 profile image
Tasha99Graduate10 in reply toTartancat

👿😂

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Dexy5Graduate10 in reply toTartancat

Much further south!

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KatnapGraduate10

Next time head further East!

Tasha99 profile image
Tasha99Graduate10 in reply toKatnap

And north 😂

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Elfe560minGraduate in reply toTasha99

Yay for north! 😃

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply toKatnap

Or south west! 😈

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TailChaserGraduate10 in reply tocheekychipmunks

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

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TailChaserGraduate10 in reply toTailChaser

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

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Sandraj39Graduate10

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

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TailChaserGraduate10 in reply toSandraj39

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

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KatnapGraduate10

Next time head further West!

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate10

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

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TailChaserGraduate10 in reply toOldfloss

Thank you Oldfloss, they’re not bad really 😉

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Dexy5Graduate10 in reply toOldfloss

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

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate10 in reply toDexy5

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

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Dexy5Graduate10 in reply toOldfloss

🐌🐈👏👏

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Gran4zGraduate10 in reply toOldfloss

Next time south east coast please 🙏🌻

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TailChaserGraduate10 in reply toGran4z

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

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Gran4zGraduate10 in reply toTailChaser

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

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RunningroniGraduate10

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.

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TailChaserGraduate10 in reply toRunningroni

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

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

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FlaraflarkinGraduate10 in reply toRunningroni

😂😂😂

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate10 in reply toRunningroni

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

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Dexy5Graduate10 in reply toRunningroni

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

Runningroni profile image
RunningroniGraduate10 in reply toDexy5

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.

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FlaraflarkinGraduate10 in reply toRunningroni

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

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Wimborne

Just fabulous. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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RunBrianRunGraduate10

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

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Dexy5Graduate10 in reply toRunBrianRun

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

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RunBrianRunGraduate10 in reply toDexy5

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 😃

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JonathanPGraduate10

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

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Dexy5Graduate10 in reply toJonathanP

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

JonathanP profile image
JonathanPGraduate10 in reply toDexy5

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! 🏔

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Dexy5Graduate10 in reply toJonathanP

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. ⛷⛷❄️☃️

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TailChaserGraduate10 in reply toDexy5

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

Dexy5 profile image
Dexy5Graduate10 in reply toTailChaser

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

JonathanP profile image
JonathanPGraduate10 in reply toDexy5

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 profile image
BarbieWGraduate10 in reply toDexy5

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 profile image
Dexy5Graduate10 in reply toBarbieW

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

Dexy5 profile image
Dexy5Graduate10 in reply toBarbieW

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

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TailChaserGraduate10 in reply toDexy5

👍🌨👍🌨👍

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TailChaserGraduate10 in reply toJonathanP

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

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Dexy5Graduate10

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?

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TailChaserGraduate10 in reply toDexy5

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.

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Dexy5Graduate10 in reply toTailChaser

Well done you. Enjoy school holidays.

TailChaser profile image
TailChaserGraduate10 in reply toDexy5

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

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SaskAlliecatGraduate10

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 😊

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TailChaserGraduate10 in reply toSaskAlliecat

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

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SaskAlliecatGraduate10 in reply toTailChaser

How lovely of Runningroni ! A snail posse 🐌😁

TailChaser profile image
TailChaserGraduate10 in reply toSaskAlliecat

Wearing it with pride 😍

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Irish-JohnGraduate10

Great pic :) !!! Thank you for posting 😊

Hopefully we will ALL meet at the GC next year :)

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TailChaserGraduate10 in reply toIrish-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 🤞🤞🤞

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Irish-JohnGraduate10 in reply toTailChaser

And fingers crossed here also :)

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KatnapGraduate10

Pandora's box has been opened! 😵☕

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate10 in reply toKatnap

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

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BluebirdrunnerGraduate10

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

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FlaraflarkinGraduate10 in reply toBluebirdrunner

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

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TailChaserGraduate10 in reply toBluebirdrunner

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

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Sandie1961Graduate10

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!

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FlaraflarkinGraduate10 in reply toSandie1961

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

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TailChaserGraduate10 in reply toSandie1961

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

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IrishprincessGraduate10

Love it 😍

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grumpyoldgirl

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

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FlaraflarkinGraduate10 in reply togrumpyoldgirl

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

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grumpyoldgirl in reply toFlaraflarkin

It was ever thus 😁

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FlaraflarkinGraduate10 in reply togrumpyoldgirl

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

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TailChaserGraduate10 in reply toFlaraflarkin

😂 I hope so Flara 😉

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FlaraflarkinGraduate10 in reply toTailChaser

😂

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Jay66UKGraduate10 in reply toFlaraflarkin

:::blush:::

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grumpyoldgirl in reply toJay66UK

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

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TailChaserGraduate10 in reply togrumpyoldgirl

😂😂😂

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FlaraflarkinGraduate10 in reply toJay66UK

He he 🤗

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mountaindreamerGraduate10

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

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TailChaserGraduate10 in reply tomountaindreamer

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

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