Actually managing to log a phone box this week! This is another one that Mum and Dad found in Cumbria.
(Coordinates 54°33’98.3″N, 3°36’46.5″W.)
The Google cars haven’t visited this road since 2009! A forgotten-about place. Glad the phone box is still standing.
I really will try and get that book review together for next week! Alternatively it might be one more Cumbria box. We’ll see.
A couple of years ago, I took part in a very early coach trip in order to attend Cowfest (an annual parkrun tourist meetup) in Troon, western Scotland. It was a lot of fun but the long coach hours didn’t agree with me so I haven’t done anything similar since. However, this year it was announced there was going to be a Cowfest much closer to home for me – at Ushaw Historic House, west of Durham – and I hadn’t done that one yet, so I made plans to go along!
I chose to go by public transport in case the mass influx of tourists made parking difficult. This probably wasn’t necessary by the look of things, but it’s a nice train journey down and the bus out from Durham (only recently incepted) was really convenient, though it does require working to a particular timescale. I do want to go again and visit the house properly with Geth so maybe I’ll drive down on a ‘normal’ week sometime.
The parkrun itself was great and so much fun! Glorious morning and I was able to chat to people I knew and people I didn’t. Cowfest is always a great atmosphere and I hope I’ll be able to swing it again next year.
Most definitely more local again next week!
Just logging last week’s parkrunday before a new one dawns tomorrow!
Geth and I were pretty tired after a late flight back from Paris on Friday evening (Disneyland blog coming soon, possibly). As such, it was the usual easy plod round Jesmond Dene. Nice morning for it.
Slightly further afield tomorrow. There may be cows…
No proper post again this week 😫 I am in the middle of a very very busy period at work (12-hour shifts most days) and so time is not on my side and won’t be again until July. Phone box posts are just one thing on a long list of routine things that I don’t have time to do right now!
Really hoping that I can get my ducks in a row at the weekend and get one prepped to post next Thursday… but no promises.
I’ve been too busy with work this week to fit in much running, so salvaged things to an extent this morning with a parkrun sandwich. Zero energy but I got it done!
Planning to be back in the same place next week…
Very very busy with the day job this week, so, while I have finished reading the book mentioned the last few weeks (and have really enjoyed it and made a lot of notes for phone box tourism), I’ve not had time to put together the review it deserves. So another hiatus post today, but I will get that review up very soon!
Back on the Moor today for a warm parkrunday. Took it easy with Geth due to the heat.
Our friend Penny was celebrating her 500th parkrun so it was a happy morning!
Most likely back in the Dene next week.
Mum and Dad have been exploring again and found this rural phone box in Cumbria.
(Coordinates 54°23’01.9″N, 3°09’94.4″W.)
Always nice to see a defib box!
There are a couple more boxes to log from Mum and Dad’s travels, but next week I’m hoping to review the phone box book I’m reading.
Third JD in a row between running and volunteering. Big difference in temperature from last week (when I almost wished I’d brought my gloves for timekeeping) – it was a bit tough in the heat today!
Staying local again next week.
