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Beautiful inner city Eastville Park

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Hello lovely runners. I hope you all had or plan to have fantastic runs on this cracking Easter weekend. What a treat for us all. ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธโ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ˜Žโค๏ธ

Iโ€™m home now after doing parkrun. It was a lovely run this morning, just trotting along attached to my dog. ๐Ÿ• Itโ€™s not often I take time to appreciate how lucky we are to have such a gorgeous park slap bang in the middle of the city. Itโ€™s surrounded on 3 sides by busy roads, one of them being the M32 - and one of the Marshal posts is under its underpass! ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜…

Youโ€™d never know it though ..... look at the pics I took - so tranquil. โค๏ธ Thereโ€™s even a pretty lake with ducks and swans. ๐Ÿฆ† ๐Ÿฆข

So if anyone is ever in or around Bristol and you fancy coming to see for yourself, I thoroughly recommend my โ€œhomeโ€ parkrun at Eastville Park! ๐Ÿ‘

Happy running everyone! ๐Ÿ˜€

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CloudbusterGraduate10

Hi cheeky, thanks for posting about your home parkrun, it looks beautiful, what a lovely day. Enjoy the rest of your day and Happy Easter ๐ŸŒž๐ŸŒž๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ‘

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toCloudbuster

Thanks CB, it just looked extra special this morning so I felt I had to share! ๐Ÿ˜

Happy Easter to you too! ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ‘

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Jell6Graduate10

Looks lovely, did you cope with the heat? ๐Ÿฅต๐Ÿฅต

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toJell6

Thanks Jell! ๐Ÿ˜€

I managed ok in the heat - today I cracked out the vest top and shorts! ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿฅต

Did you run today? ๐Ÿ˜€

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Jell6Graduate10โ€ข in reply tocheekychipmunks

Still can't ๐Ÿ˜

Soon I hope.x

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toJell6

Oh no, I didnโ€™t realise your lay off would be so long. ๐Ÿ˜• Bet you canโ€™t wait to get back out there?

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RunsomeGraduate10

Hi Cheeky looks Beautiful ๐Ÿ˜€

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toRunsome

Thanks Runsome, yes itโ€™s a lovely surprise when you consider its immediate surroundings. ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ‘

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Dexy5Graduate10

We'll definitely let you know when we can come and join you cheeky. Might tie it in with visit to friends. They live closer to Ashton Court, but this looks more like my cup of tea (and cake) Happy Easter

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toDexy5

Ooo it would be lovely to see you in the West Country Dexy! I also run at Ashton Court (in fact Iโ€™m doing it next weekend), so whenever youโ€™re down this way, let me know! ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ‘

Happy Easter to you and UTS! ๐Ÿฃ

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate10

Glad you enjoyed your run today Cheeky, those lovely photos looks like as if it's way out in the countryside miles from anywhere, not in the middle of a city, I think its near Bristol, enjoy the rest of Easter.

PS. As part of my runiversary rerun season, a year last Wednesday since I began C25K, this morning I reran run 1 of week 4, next week I'll do week 5, not ran for more than 5 minutes since last October so once again feeling a little nervous about run 3 of week 5.

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toAlMorr

It really does look like the countryside doesnโ€™t it Al? And yes it is in Bristol. ๐Ÿ˜€

I love your runniversary idea. Iโ€™m going to do a similar thing for mine when it comes up in June! ๐Ÿ‘ Have fun, and Iโ€™m sure youโ€™ll be fine with W5R3! I bet itโ€™ll be quite nostalgic! ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜€

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate10โ€ข in reply tocheekychipmunks

Yes๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿƒ

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grumpyoldgirlโ€ข in reply toAlMorr

Good luck with 5.3 Al!

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate10โ€ข in reply togrumpyoldgirl

Thanks Grumpyoldgirl, I am sure that I'll run it OK, I will keep to Oldfloss's advice and run it as I did last year, slow and steady. ๐Ÿ˜Š

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grumpyoldgirlโ€ข in reply toAlMorr

๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘

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KatnapGraduate10

Your home parkrun definitely looks good in this weather! We had 'incidents' reported at our local parkrun... But it was very busy. 2nd highest attendance ever!

๐Ÿ˜ธ Katnap ๐Ÿ˜ธ

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toKatnap

Thanks Katnap, I felt very warm and fuzzy when I walked up to it this morning! โค๏ธ

โ€œIncidentsโ€? Crikey, nothing serious I hope, and it didnโ€™t affect the running? ๐Ÿ˜ณ

Our attendance was down a little compared to the past few weeks, although still close to 500. Never can tell can you? ๐Ÿ˜€

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KatnapGraduate10โ€ข in reply tocheekychipmunks

A n other park user was 'crashed' into by 3x runners. I wasn't there but I guess the person may not have been actively avoiding runners. Also we have a local rule to stay on the left when the faster runners are lapping us snails bur there seemed to be a bigger number of joggers with headphones who didn't hear or ignored the shouts.

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toKatnap

Ahh, yes we have that rule too, although itโ€™s not always adhered to. ๐Ÿ™„ Wonder if it was a โ€œcrashโ€ or a gentle nudge? And Iโ€™m sure whatever it was was accidental.

Shame about the headphone wearers though - they donโ€™t give us runners a great name do they? If I wear mine, I only put one ear in! ๐ŸŽถ ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ˜‡

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KatnapGraduate10โ€ข in reply tocheekychipmunks

It makes sense to do that so you're less distracted. Anyway, you miss all the banter otherwise! ๐Ÿ˜

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toKatnap

Absolutely! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜€

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lexi6Graduate10โ€ข in reply toKatnap

Ouch! Our parkrun is the same we are told to stick to the left as the lead runners heading home are accompanied by a mountainbiker out front warning everyone. This parkrun winds it way up a tree lined gully with lots of blind corners, like cheekychipmunks I also have only 1 earphone in, much safer.

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KatnapGraduate10โ€ข in reply tolexi6

Well done lexi6. Very sensible! ๐Ÿ˜

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over61andstilltryingGraduate10

Beautiful! ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ•

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toover61andstilltrying

Thanks over61, I felt particularly proud of it this morning! ๐Ÿ˜โ˜€๏ธ

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Wimborne

Looks gorgeous Cheeky. It was hot though at 9.00. I need to follow in your footsteps and invest in a vest and shorts me thinks and also ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toWimborne

Definitely hot Wimborne. ๐Ÿฅต Fortunately the breeze helped. ๐Ÿ‘

Yep! Get yourself some summer running gear. Itโ€™ll make you even faster! ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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PianismGraduate10

It does look lovely. I have friends in Weston super Mare so next time I go to stay with them I might just take you up on the offer and come to your parkrun. :)

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toPianism

Yay, that would be fabulous Pianism! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ Itโ€™s a bit of a drive from Weston, but it can be done in a little over 30 minutes if the M5 is behaving!

Let me know! ๐Ÿ˜€

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PianismGraduate10โ€ข in reply tocheekychipmunks

Does the M5 ever behave?? I once went down on Good Friday - never again... it felt like Easter day before I got there!

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toPianism

No, in a word! ๐Ÿ˜… And Bank holidays are to be avoided at all costs - and the whole summer - and when itโ€™s raining - and Fridays! Other than that itโ€™s a great motorway! ๐Ÿ˜…

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skysue16Graduate10โ€ข in reply tocheekychipmunks

๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜ฌ

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Sadie-runsGraduate10

That looks gorgeous, Cheeky! So glad you had a lovely run, and with your pup, too. ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ’• My sister-in-law lives just outside of Bristol. Maybe next time I visit I might persuade her (she is a runner too).

I had a good run today - hard, but I managed 14.5k without dying yay!

Happy Easter, petal. xxx

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toSadie-runs

Aww thanks Sadie, your run sounds great. Not dying is definitely a bonus! ๐Ÿ˜…

It would be lovely if you came to visit! ๐Ÿ˜€

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I plan to travel over to Eastville Park Parkrun later in the year. My Son Oisin and I are going to do the compass challenge. We did Westport in the west of Ireland 2 weeks ago. So West is knocked off the Compass. East is next and Eastville is the course. Looks beautiful. We will be over in September or October.

Iโ€™ll buy you a coffee and cake when we fly over.

Damien

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply todamienair

Oh that would be fabulous, and youโ€™d both be very welcome! How exciting - let me know when youโ€™re planning on coming over! ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜€

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lexi6Graduate10

Beautiful park Cheeky, would love to run somewhere that pretty, beats my concrete path next to the railway line any day. I do get toots (or my tights do) from friendly train drivers though. ๐Ÿ‘

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply tolexi6

Thatโ€™s brilliant Lexi! Toots from train drivers! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜€ I get admiring looks too, but theyโ€™re not aimed at me, theyโ€™re aimed at my dog! โค๏ธ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ˜…

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lexi6Graduate10โ€ข in reply tocheekychipmunks

๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

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Couchpotato2

It really looks stunning! Large running expanse...

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toCouchpotato2

Yes itโ€™s a great course CP and we can run it year round as itโ€™s on tarmac paths. ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿƒ Just one cancellation due to the ice and snow we had back in February.

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Couchpotato2โ€ข in reply tocheekychipmunks

Wow thatโ€™s impressive!

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Plodplod

Well how lovely! I played hundreds of times in that park, thank you, but now live miles away in Berkshire. Iโ€™m in my sixties but the old outdoor swimming pool at the top was something we d scale the walls of. I think it became a mini nature reserve or something. Anyway, my mother, now 94, swan in it when she was a child! Dear old Eastville! CHSisson wrote a poem called EP, very evocative. I think if I was near I might try the run from the park through Stapleton along the Frome to Snuff Mills and back, is you can still do that! Beautiful. Great run!

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toPlodplod

Oh how wonderful Plodplod, what fabulous memories! โค๏ธ Thank you so much for sharing them. ๐Ÿ˜€ Yes, the old pool is still at the top, looking a bit sad it must be said. Itโ€™s such a beautiful place. I often run there just because, even though I donโ€™t live in the city itself - itโ€™s worth the drive (just avoid rush hour!). The hill up from the lake to the top is excellent fitness training and trotting around the lake is lovely.

Iโ€™ve heard about the Snuff Mills run, but Iโ€™ve yet to attempt it. This summer could be that time!

If ever youโ€™re back in Bristol, please pop along. ๐Ÿ˜€

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Plodplodโ€ข in reply tocheekychipmunks

Hi again, well half a century (or actually more) (how did that happen) the steps were called granny steps by all the kids. Whenever they drained the lake they piled the weed and silt and debris onto the last part of the park which is it was an odd large field at the back of Redhill Drive. The land to the R of granny steppe was derelict, but we used to collect the many many oyster shells scattered there, Roman or later, when oysters were common and the food of the masses. What else. Boating lake of course, and most winters the Frome would flood and the strip of land between lake and river would be inundated. We think odd weather is s modern phenomenon, but maybe thatโ€™s because media journos are young so remember little. I remember the whole of Eastville itself under four feet of water, before the storm water tunnel was constructed. And Eastville Park running down to line of houses before M32 built and railway arches blown up. Blimey, thatโ€™s going back! Thanks again, never done a park run because I canโ€™t get 5k in under 40mins!!

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toPlodplod

That is truly fascinating! What a fabulous history. I knew nothing of that, as even though Iโ€™m from Bristol, I never actually lived in the city, apart from a couple of years in Cliftonwood back in the 1980โ€™s. Iโ€™m mid 50โ€™s so not that much younger than you, but I went to school in Bath. Bristol was for going shopping back then!

I shall run round Eastville Park with a renewed outlook next time. ๐Ÿ˜€ Wonderful.

Oh, and plenty of people run/walk parkrun in way over 40 minutes so youโ€™d be fine! ๐Ÿ‘

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Plodplodโ€ข in reply tocheekychipmunks

Very kind words! Cliftonwood is pastel lovely, views over harbourside. I have a beautiful watercolour of it on wall here. I left Clifton 12 years ago, so havenโ€™t seen Eastville Park for a while. Thereโ€™s a park run here, at Greenham, but Iโ€™m just a bit not wanting to be last. Not good grammar but you ll know what I mean! I love this running thing, started 11 months ago,so nearly one now! My times are improving. Slowly!!!!

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toPlodplod

Wonderful! Iโ€™m doing the Bristol 10k in 2 weeks which takes in the Harbour and views of the pastel coloured houses before heading out the Portway under the bridge. Canโ€™t wait!

I started running in June last year and now Iโ€™m totally hooked. Iโ€™m slow too - ever so gradually getting quicker, but for me speed is secondary to the love of being able to run a whole 10k compared to being thankful for when the minute was over during W1 of C25K!

You wouldnโ€™t be last at parkrun, 100%, and I fully recommend giving it a try at some point. I think youโ€™d be converted! ๐Ÿ˜€

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Plodplodโ€ข in reply tocheekychipmunks

Woah thatโ€™s impressive! I ll cheer you on, metaphorically! Iโ€™d also send a pic of the beautiful Cliftonwood watercolour but no idea how to manage that..!

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grumpyoldgirl

Looks absolutely beautiful, cheeky. And definitely a good move to bust out the summer gear, I was sweltering in my full length tights!โ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŒก๏ธ( not complaining though ๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐Ÿ˜)

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply togrumpyoldgirl

It did feel fabulous being back in the summer kit GOG! And everyone seemed extra smiley yesterday too. What a difference the sunshine makes. ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธโค๏ธโ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿƒ

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Beachcomber66Graduate10

Well done CC. Great to have such a wonderful open space almost to yourself at that time of morning. Think an evening run will have to be my answer to the weather today. Good to be back in shorts and shirt though. Trying to make inroads into the winter whiteness! Keep smiling ๐Ÿ˜Š

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toBeachcomber66

Ahh yes, the winter whiteness, I know it well BC! I experienced it first hand on the beach in Tenerife back in March. It was โ€œspot whose first day of the holiday it is!โ€ My daughters and I won that prize, but it was worth it as now my base tan is serving me well now in my summer running gear! ๐Ÿ‘โ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ

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Beachcomber66Graduate10โ€ข in reply tocheekychipmunks

Hmm...think if I were in Game of Thrones I would be cast as a white walker!!

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toBeachcomber66

๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…

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Looks a lovely venue Cheeky. I can feel another trip out in the van once we get back from France at the end of summer! I really donโ€™t do shorts, but donned my Lincoln 10k t-shirt and cropped leggings for a more summery look. One of the visitors yesterday was in a Lyme Park t-shirt, looking forward to a flat run! Happy Easter x

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toSandie1961

Now Lyme Park is one which scares me! I donโ€™t mind a few hills, but ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

My shorts are basically a shorter version of my cropped leggings, which are in turn a shorter version of my full length ones! All from M&S, all black, all comfy. Sorted! I just mix up my top colours to jazz them up a bit!

Happy Easter to you too, and yes by all means come down this way when youโ€™re back from France. There are loads of parkruns to explore round here - but Eastville is my fave! โค๏ธ

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skysue16Graduate10

Looks lovely ๐Ÿ˜Š. I am a bit further down the M5 but you never know I might be able to get up there sometime.

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toskysue16

It would be great if you could skysue! I also do Burnham/Highbridge sometimes. Thatโ€™s a fun parkrun. ๐Ÿ˜€ Have you been there? ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ

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skysue16Graduate10โ€ข in reply tocheekychipmunks

No, I have only done one park run - my local one, just a couple of weeks ago. When I lived in Scotland there wasn't a Park Run nearby.

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10

That looks lovely๐Ÿฆ†๐ŸŒณ

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10โ€ข in reply toBaddieThePirate

Thanks Baddie, itโ€™s certainly gorgeous considering where it is! ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ‘

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