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More Monks Brook at Valley Park Chandler’s Ford

At the end of June, Commando took me along for the ride when he went to a training event at Up and Running in Chandler’s Ford. Obviously, I wasn’t interested in learning about running shoes, but the nearby footpath leading to Valley Park and five (or six according to some sources) parcels of woodland did capture my attention, especially as Monks brook ran through them. So, I waved goodbye to Commando, then set off to find the footpath and make the most of the next hour or so.

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Bluebells, not parkrun and a magical mystery tour

The Old Cemetery

April turned to May, and although restrictions were slowly being lifted, not everything was back to normal. Even though I’m not a runner, one of the things I really missed was parkrun. I missed all the people I’d met there and my quiet morning walks in the Old Cemetery. To fill the gap, the parkrun people had started something called not parkrun, where registered runners could complete a 5k run at any time each week and submit their time to get a result. On May Day 2021 Commando decided he’d run his not parkrun on the Common. Of course, none of the people I missed would be there but I jumped at the chance to go along and take a wander around the Old Cemetery.

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