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!
