Wimpole Estate parkrun - event 507
On the 2nd November 2024 I ran the Wimpole Estate parkrun which was the 507th event held at the venue, my 209th parkrun and 130th different course I'd attended. My cousin Nick messaged me a year ago saying that he'd been inspired by my parkrun exploits. He'd seen my Facebook posts and was just about to undertake his first parkrun at Soham Village College. We made plans to meet up and I was going to enjoy his home course with him, but his father-in-law passed away suddenly and he had to make an emergency dash to the Philippines in order to attend the funeral. We never quite made those plans again as life once again got in the way, until a couple of weeks ago Nick got back in touch and brought the conversation back to the table. Just as I had gotten with Cyclopark, Nick has developed a home run fatigue and wanted to try somewhere new. We both suggested Wimpole Estate as it was an event that I really wanted to do and he'd heard good things being relatively close to his ho