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Serbia 2018
Balkans Day 19 – Novi Sad 29th September 2018 We have a long drive today; 4 hours and 240 miles across the Serbian border to Novi Sad, a city on the banks of the River Danube. I start the day with a shower. The shower gel is mint and nettle, so I am clean but…
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Slovenia 2018
Balkans Day 16 – Ljubljana 26th September 2018 Today, another country, we are going to Ljubljana in Slovenia. Things I know about Ljubljana; it’s the capital of Slovenia. First, I go for a run along the service road from the village to Plitvice National Park. It’s very pretty running through the forest as the sun…
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Bosnia & Herzegovina 2018
Balkans Day 9 – Mostar 19th September 2018 After a breakfast of cherry and sour cream croissants, we head down the 247 steps (who’s counting?) from our hotel to the car park and set forth for the Bosnian border and Mostar. I know three things about Mostar; (1) it has a famous Old Bridge (2)…
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Croatia 2018
Balkans Day 8 – Dubrovnik 18th September 2018 Last night was an accommodation fail. The apartment is over a hostel bar where they played music so loud the walls vibrated and then shouted to be heard over the music until 2 am. By 7 am the church bells were ringing and the neighbour was singing.…
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Montenegro 2018
Balkans Day 7 – Kotor 17th September 2018 Today we leave Albania with its crazy drivers and intermittent roads and head for Montenegro. After a cheese fest of a breakfast, we drive to the border which takes ages to cross. Not because it’s particularly busy but because it’s particularly slow and queuing is apparently arbitrary.…
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Albania 2018
Balkans Day 4 – Tirana 14th September 2018 I have been looking forward to today; we are going to Albania. Most of what I know about Albania comes from a project I did at university in 1986, so I’m not really sure what to expect. First, the slightly surreal experience of breakfast in a wine…
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Kosovo 2018
Balkans Day 2 – Pristina 12th September 2018 Today we’re off to Pristina, capital of Kosovo. Most of my knowledge of Kosovo comes from watching the news delivered by Kate Adie in a bulletproof vest, so I’m looking forward to seeing modern day Kosovo for myself. First, breakfast which consists of sausage and aubergine topped…
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North Macedonia 2018
Balkans Day 1 – Skopje 11th September 2018 Time for another trip. This time it’s a jaunt round the Balkans. First stop – Skopje, capital of Macedonia. We get off to a good start with an uneventful flight and shuttle bus into town. We had booked into the Alexandar Square Hotel but were telephoned yesterday…
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Minehead Parkrun Guide
If you do like to be beside the seaside, then Minehead parkrun is a good one to choose. You can run up and down the prom, admiring the view across the Bristol Channel to Wales as you do so. Getting There Minehead parkrun takes place on Minehead prom. The start is centrally located, opposite The…
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Harcourt Hill Parkrun Guide
Harcourt Hill parkrun takes place at 9 am on Saturdays at the Sports Centre of Oxford Brookes University’s Harcourt Hill Campus. Getting There The Sports Centre is 3 miles south west of central Oxford, just off the A34 (Harcourt Hill exit), past the main campus. By bus, no U1 stops at the campus. Oxford station…
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