{"id":2195,"date":"2021-08-14T19:35:33","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T18:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itsafrogslife.net\/grahamruns\/?p=2195"},"modified":"2021-08-14T19:35:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T18:35:33","slug":"parkrun-118-2710-skipton-to-meet-david-nixon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsafrogslife.net\/grahamruns\/2021\/08\/14\/parkrun-118-2710-skipton-to-meet-david-nixon\/","title":{"rendered":"parkrun #118 &#8211; 27:10 Skipton to meet David Nixon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>parkrunday 14th August 2021<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>parkrun #118 \u2013 Skipton (#1)<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Different event #66<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Time: 27:10<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The original plan for today was to visit Watergrove parkrun near Rochdale with my tourist buddy Jo Gibson, but unfortunately Jo is injured and decided to volunteer at Princes instead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I didn&#8217;t want to run Watergrove without Jo so I started looking around for an alternative. That&#8217;s when I saw my musician friend David Nixon post on Facebook that he&#8217;d just moored up in Skipton with his narrowboat, so I asked if I could call round for a cuppa in the morning, and he kindly said yes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the road sign, Skipton is the Gateway to the Yorkshire Dales. The parkrun take place in Airville Park which hosts Craven Leisure Centre, a children&#8217;s play area, a pump track and a skate track. The course is four laps. You start on the central path, run towards the leisure centre (pass the play area on your right), turn right up a slope onto a path through the woods, turn right along cherry lane, turn left down the central path to the turnaround point, then back up to the play area for three more laps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m still struggling with my fitness, getting out of breath and developing a stitch part way round, but I kept going and got my fastest time of the year so far. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve started taking a photo of my finish token just in case there is a problem with the results and they need the info to place me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Afterwards I walked back down the central path to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, and walked along the tow path to where Dave was moored. I had a lovely cup of tea and a nice catch up with a real life, in person friend! Such a novelty after so long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I walked back I took some photos of the industrial architecture. Victoria Mill is now apartments, but still has the mill chimney next to it. I love walking along the tow path with the sights and sounds of the canal, and the links to history. 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