Dave

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Islingtonian - running esp. parkrun, sports esp. The Arsenal, books, bit of chat 👍... 🇺🇦, obvs.

This is the plastic cheese for the finish tokens at the parkrun in Amsterdam!
The start at Castle Park parkrun in Bishop's Stortford. Saturday 11th July 2026.
St Albans cathedral, passed on the way to parkrun. Saturday 4 July 2026.
A sign at the top of Heartbreak Hill, Brentwood parkrun, that reads: 'Well done! You have made it!'
The family with the event sign at Woolwich parkrun, Saturday 20 June 2026.
Garmin card from my run this morning which featured a 20 minute tempo effort with a warm up and cool down. Stats: 8.65km in a time of 40:39.
A view of the start at ARU Writtle parkrun. Blue sky with white cloud. Green grass. The start sign and a line of cones can be seen in front of the event sign. Saturday 13 June 2026.
The weather was changeable in my part of London today. This photograph was taken before noon and just after a downpour. The sky is blue but characterised by heavy clouds. The sun is up high. A wall, some greenery and buildings are visible in the lower part of the photo.
Ifield pond in the rain, Saturday 6 June 2026.
An empty Upper Street ahead of the Arsenal parade. 31 May 2026.
View of Krupunder See from the start area of parkrun. Saturday 30 May 2026.
Clouds, light blue sky and a low, rising sun. North London on 28 May 2026.
Garmin card showing my run this morning - 19.74km in a time of 1:45:04, average pace of 5:19/km.
The start area at Rothamsted parkrun in Harpenden. People are milling in their training gear. One lad in centre shot is wearing an Arsenal home shirt, seen from the back. 23 May 2026.
Me and my son before the start of Dulwich parkrun on 16 May 2016.
Me in my blue parkrun shirt, sporting a Nurses' Day badge.
Flags hung above the Drayton Park pub ahead of the game against Atletico Madrid, Tuesday 5 May 2026.
Garmin card from my run on 4 May 2026 showing 129bpm average heart rate, 21.32km distance and 5:15/km average pace.
View of the Thames at Greenwich Peninsula. The tide is low. An Uber boat heads east. There are reeds (spelling?) in the foreground and cable cars crossing above the water. Saturday 2 May 2026.
Wordle in 2 badge.
Runners walking across the grass to the start of Southwark parkrun on Saturday 25 April 2026.
Green Arsenal keeper shirt 25/26
Garmin card of my run this morning showing the River Lee running through the Olympic park in London with the stadium in the background. I ran 19.31km in 1:45:01, and average pace of 5:26/km.
Wordle in 2 badge.
Symmetrical Brook, alongside the start of Oak Hill parkrun. Saturday 18 April 2026.
Exterior view of the Arsenal stadium, Wednesday 15 April ahead of this evening's second leg against Sporting. A sponsorship banner proclaims 'Road to Budapest 26.'
A rainbow across blue skies and heavy cloud. Islington, 12 April 2026.
Me holding the UK paperback of Garrett Carr's The Boy from the Sea.
Garmin card for my parkrun at Highbury Fields today - 159bpm average heart rate, 4.93km distance, 3:53/km average pace. My time was 19:07.
Sea of Greens badge.
Map of my run this morning - 21.34k in 1:51:38. The map shows a loop from Holloway up to Hampstead and Regent's Park then home along the canal.
A view across Langstone Harbour, not far from the start of Great Salterns parkrun. Low tide means the sea is in the middle distance. The sky is low and grey. Saturday 4 April 2026.
The sea and beach at Hayling Island. It's grey and wet. Friday 3 April 2026.
Qordle - Sea of Greens badge. Eightieth time, apparently.
Dawn over Islington, Sunday 29 March 2026.
The lake at Wardown park in Luton. The sky is blue and there is a weeping willow to the left of shot. Saturday 28th March 2016.
Snippet of the paperback cover of Ottessa Moshfegh's novel, My Year of Rest and Relaxation.
A Wordle Sea of Green.
The Trees are in bloom at Battersea Park Saturday 21st March 2026.
Badge for completion of 1500 wordles. A lot, right?
UK paperback cover of Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver.
A view of an old college building at Oakland's College, just by the parkrun start line. Trees in the foreground and a blue sky. Saturday 14 March 2016.
View from the podium at Arsenal, looking towards one of the blocks on the Harvest estate. It is near dusk and the sky fades to yellow on the horizon. Winter trees can be seen in silhouette in the foreground. Wednesday 11 March 2026.
Garmin map of my run today, a loop of north London streets. 11.67km in an hour flat.
22 Bishopsgate, from the pavement and in the mist. You can see the facade of the block rising up. The sky is grey and so is the building. I went here soon after my run today - stats are also shown (5.03km in 20:08, and average pace of 4:00/km
The Arsenal stadium from Hornsey Road tunnel. 70 minutes until kick off versus Chelsea. 1 March 2026.
Garmin map of my run around North London on 1 March 2026, showing 11.73km distance in a time of 1:00:01.
Map of Billericay parkrun, winter course, which is 5 laps of Lake Meadows Park. I ran 4.99km today in a time of 20:36.
The sky at Highbury, London. 17.28 on 27 February 2026.
Photo of a red cannon in the snow.
A muddy puddle at Morden parkrun, 21 February 2026.
The Copenhagen skyline at sunrise - a red sky on the horizon fading to grey. Friday 20 February 2026.
A view of the park at Frederiksberg, showing a packed path of snow and trees on either side. Taken on my morning run.
A sticker on a store window in Copenhagen, branded for KFC and showing Colonel Sanders in shades next to text which reads: AFC fuck spurs.