How do you start your New Year? It’s parkrun for us!
The weather might have been dark, wet and wild. But at Tetbury Goods Shed parkrun you needed sunglasses, a Jog On meetup was on and there were orange tops every where you looked.
We were there to meet up with our friends, Jim, Natalie and family, ardent Jog Onners, and it was great to meet Harry himself, playing the tour guide role well with is on brand orange brolly.
The parkrun was certainly a wild one, I’d mistakenly not put trail shoes on and the course was decidely slippery with mud in places, but great fun, I love a wild weather run (not sure Iona and Ewan were quite as keen). Big kudos to the volunteers out on the course standing there in the pouring rain.
parkrun done, meetup photo taken, it was time for breakfast, with the most cafes closed including the Goods Shed Cafe, some frantic googling and calling located the Close Restaurant, who graciously said they would keep the kitchen open for us and serve some very wet and muddy parkrunners a delicious breakfast by their lovely log fire (we did look slightly out of place in such grand surroundings!)
A quick explore of Tetbury, a lovely place but mostly shut on new year’s day, it was time to return to the warmth of the car.
On our journey home, we stopped off at Charlecotte Park for another dose of Christmas Cheer, our fourth Festivelu Decorated National Trust property this Christmas.
We were “party guests” of Mary Elizabeth and George Lucy, the Victorian owners of Charlecote Park, and we followed a Christmas Games trail to discover the gifts that Mary could gift the servants, while also playing a quick game of cards.
Party over, we headed out to the washrooms and kitchens, definitely chilly today, but I’m sure would have been toasty with all the stoves on.
What a fabulous Little Adventure Day to start the New Year. Enjoyed Tetbury parkrun despite the wild weather and great to spend time with the Vidlers and the Jog On crew. Charlecote definitely put on a fabulous party for us to enjoy as we come towards the end of the Christmas season.
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Tetbury Goods Shed parkrun
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About Ian, Iona and Family
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Each week on this channel Ian (Dad) and Iona share our little adventure experiences, often joined by Ewan (Iona’s older brother) and Ruth (Mum) too.
Our weekends often start with parkrun. Iona is on a non-repeat parkrun tourism streak having now visited over 100 different places since she started parkrunning. But we don’t just do parkun and dash home, we love exploring the area and often use bikes and trains for our travels to keep our carbon footprint low and because it adds to the adventure too. When school holidays arrive, longer adventures are possible with Ewan and Iona both being keen cycle tourists and mountain climbers!
So if you like heading outdoors and your idea of a perfect weekend includes parkrun, climbing a mountain or exploring new places on two wheels then we would love to have you join us on our adventures.
We’d love it if you subscribed so you can follow our journey and hopefully be inspired to get out the door and have your own little adventures. Do like and leave comments on our videos too on questions you might have or ideas for places to explore or adventures to go on.
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