With light snow falling in Timperley on an icy morning, Sue and I headed south for a family function, pausing en route at Trentham Gardens for a 5km jog/walk (parkrun).
The course had been gritted - how many parkrun venues would receive that sort of support from their 'sponsors'? - and was quite safe to run on.
Other local parkruns had been cancelled at the last minute due to the slippery conditions, so the run director kindly delayed the start to enable folk to regroup here.
We milled around and made new friends as the 266 participants slowly gathered at the start of the scenic one lap course.
Luckily, there were no trains to watch out for - I think they were just out of season, not on strike like their grown up brethren.
It was a lovely sunny morning, as Sue and I jogged and walked slowly round the lake that is circled by the course.
At the end of the lake is a cafe that appeared to be open. I was sorely tempted, but I didn't want to be told off by the 'Tail Walker', so I made do with a photo from where I could have purchased a mid run coffee!
Further on, the sun had melted some of the frost/snow, and the mallards came waddling up to the runners in the hope of a few crusts.
Here's a view from the same spot.
Sue found Alan and Alice, regular Wythenshawe parkrunners to chat to whilst waiting for me to finish at a very leisurely pace, as we were booked to run the Tatton Yule Yomp 10km race the following day. More about that later.
Despite the flood of runners from other nearby events that had been cancelled, this 266 person turnout on the 40th Trentham Gardens parkrun event was the lowest in its history. The cold weather must have discouraged some of the regulars. Full results are here. And the route is shown below.
Meanwhile, our grandchildren had active days:
Isabella had fun in the snow in Didsbury.
Well done, everyone.
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