The alarm goes off as darkness fades to grey, it’s an early morning start for a train trip to Shrewsbury parkrun.
Iona and I were back to use bikes and trains for our parkrun tourism journey to Shrewsbury and it does definitely make it far more of an adventure even if it does mean a rather early start. The good news was we just had time to grab a coffee and a cookie at New Street station while changing trains.
Arriving at Shrewsbury, the sky was blue, the sun shining and the birds singing as we walked along by the river to the parkun start in Quarry Park. As we arrived we spotted friends who’d come to join us. The Vidlers, now regular co-conpirators on parkrun travels and for whom today was a localish parkrun but also Annabelinda from Kirkcaldy parkrun was joining us as she was in the midlands for the weekend.
The parkrun was beautiful and it’s always great running with friends. It’s a mostly flat parkrun with one “undulation” and great views along the river and of some of the impressive buildings in the area.
Post parkrun (and a fantastic fast finish by Iona) we headed to the playground, which also has a coffee hut located right next to it. So while children played, adults blethered, supping coffee and sharing a rather delicious Sticky Toffee Biscoff Cake!
AS the Vidlers and Annabelinda went off for their separate ways, Iona and I headed into Shrewsbury to explore. There’s plenty to see and enjoy but our first priority was finding some “brunch” (it was noon by this point). We found the perfect place in “Nerdy” a cafe which as well as doing great breakfast sandwiches is a gaming and events venue, there was a chess club meeting while we were there.
Then, culture time, our wanderings took us to the museum, Saint Alkmunds church, the library, the castle, Laura’s Tower and the prison (no they didn’t lock us up) and everywhere you go there’s something about Shrewsbury’s most famous son, Charles Darwin, author of “The Origin of Species”.
Finally, before we collapsed of exhaustion, we headed back to the station to wend our way home, another fabulous day of parkrun tourism complete, a great time with friends and enjoying faff and exploration.
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Useful Links
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Shrewsbury parkrun
https://www.parkrun.org.uk/shrewsbury/
Nerdy Cafe, Shrewsbury
https://www.nerdyshrewsbury.co.uk/
Shrewsbury Museum
https://www.shropshiremuseums.org.uk/smag/
Shrewsbury Market Hall
Shrewsbury Castle
https://www.shropshiremuseums.org.uk/shrewsbury-castle/
Adventures of Bunny Shrewsbury (Library Bunny)
Shrewsbury Prison
https://www.shrewsburyprison.com/
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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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It was lovely to see you both again. See you next month!