{"id":2000,"date":"2021-05-02T19:25:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T18:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itsafrogslife.net\/grahamruns\/?p=2000"},"modified":"2021-05-02T19:25:05","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T18:25:05","slug":"everysinglestreet-02-05-21-the-last-of-the-roads-in-gillmoss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsafrogslife.net\/grahamruns\/2021\/05\/02\/everysinglestreet-02-05-21-the-last-of-the-roads-in-gillmoss\/","title":{"rendered":"#everysinglestreet [02\/05\/21] The last of the roads in Gillmoss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This morning I finished the last of the Gillmoss estate. On Trispen Road there\u2019s a small square covered in grass and trees looking so beautiful in the sunlight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The parish church of St Paul the Apostle is so ugly. I don\u2019t know what it looks like inside but it can\u2019t be any less appealing than the outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had to cross over the East Lancs Road to run down the length of Portal Way, so it was a good excuse to revisit Croxteth Community Garden where, according to the sign by the gate, the crop of the week is pumpkin! (I\u2019m guessing it\u2019s an old sign). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the East Lancs Road end of Portal Way there\u2019s a retail shopping park with a Smyths toy store, a Food Warehouse by Iceland, and a Home Bargains.  Continuing down Portal Way to the roundabout at the end you pass Home Bargains HQ and Burtons Biscuit Co.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back in Gillmoss and I can confirm that at least one section of Parkview Road has a view of the park. The road curves round the eastern edge of the estate, and through the fence you can see out across fields of crops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m guessing groups of young people hang out at the end of Wicket Close where the wall is covered in chalk graffiti and there are discarded gas cartridges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I run with a paper map printed out from the CityStrides website. I mark the route as I go along to help decrease the possibility of missing a road, and to help me plan which way to run to minimise having to run down the same stretch of road more than once. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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