Dave
@davetansley.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Happy New Year everyone!
We started this new year as we finished the old one, with a #parkrun. We did #Redcar again, but this time volunteering as tail-walkers. A lovely atmosphere and a great way to start 2026!
parkrun is my absolute favourite thing from 2025, and I can't recommend it enough.
We started this new year as we finished the old one, with a #parkrun. We did #Redcar again, but this time volunteering as tail-walkers. A lovely atmosphere and a great way to start 2026!
parkrun is my absolute favourite thing from 2025, and I can't recommend it enough.
January 1, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Back to #Redcar for the #parkrun this morning. Nice and dry, not too cold, friendly volunteers and great signs!
Had a nice run, and ended up finishing with a new PB (27m32s)
Best of all, I feel perfectly comfortable spending the rest of the day getting intimate with a Toblerone.
Had a nice run, and ended up finishing with a new PB (27m32s)
Best of all, I feel perfectly comfortable spending the rest of the day getting intimate with a Toblerone.
December 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Earned our puds todays with a #Christmas #parkrun at Albert Park. Lovely atmosphere. Lots of excellent doggos and costumes and doggos in costumes on display!
December 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Earned our puds todays with a #Christmas #parkrun at Albert Park. Lovely atmosphere. Lots of excellent doggos and costumes and doggos in costumes on display!
Volunteered for the first time at Albert #parkrun as a marshal today. Lovely morning, great to shout encouragement at 300 strangers and doggos.
Mostly uneventful, oh, except the guy who drove a van into the park at our entrance and wanted to drive it around the course where runners were running.
Mostly uneventful, oh, except the guy who drove a van into the park at our entrance and wanted to drive it around the course where runners were running.
December 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Volunteered for the first time at Albert #parkrun as a marshal today. Lovely morning, great to shout encouragement at 300 strangers and doggos.
Mostly uneventful, oh, except the guy who drove a van into the park at our entrance and wanted to drive it around the course where runners were running.
Mostly uneventful, oh, except the guy who drove a van into the park at our entrance and wanted to drive it around the course where runners were running.
Today's #parkrun was the Cinder Track in #Whitby, which goes over the Larpool Viaduct and has some lovely views over the Esk Valley and Whitby Abbey.
It was a straight course, out and back, mostly. Slightly up on the way out, slightly down on the way home. All of which got me a new PB of 27:48!
It was a straight course, out and back, mostly. Slightly up on the way out, slightly down on the way home. All of which got me a new PB of 27:48!
December 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
A trip to Seaton Carew for the Hartlepool #parkrun this week!
It was a straight-up-the-seafront-and-back run and, like any trip to the North East coast, could have gone one of two ways...
Thankfully, this one was not a grey, miserable, windy nightmare, and was actually quite lovely.
It was a straight-up-the-seafront-and-back run and, like any trip to the North East coast, could have gone one of two ways...
Thankfully, this one was not a grey, miserable, windy nightmare, and was actually quite lovely.
November 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM
A trip to Seaton Carew for the Hartlepool #parkrun this week!
It was a straight-up-the-seafront-and-back run and, like any trip to the North East coast, could have gone one of two ways...
Thankfully, this one was not a grey, miserable, windy nightmare, and was actually quite lovely.
It was a straight-up-the-seafront-and-back run and, like any trip to the North East coast, could have gone one of two ways...
Thankfully, this one was not a grey, miserable, windy nightmare, and was actually quite lovely.
After a week of snow, we never expected to be doing a #parkrun this morning, but here we are at #Redcar.
Great course, not too cold and the rain held off. I finished with a baffling PB of 28:29, over a minute and half better than my previous PB! Must have been that last minute banana I scoffed!
Great course, not too cold and the rain held off. I finished with a baffling PB of 28:29, over a minute and half better than my previous PB! Must have been that last minute banana I scoffed!
November 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
We got up and did Stewart #parkrun this morning. Very friendly parkrun and a very twisty turny course through a lovely park. It's an absolute scrum at the start and the slippery conditions made passing difficult, but very enjoyable once it opened up.
November 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
We got up and did Stewart #parkrun this morning. Very friendly parkrun and a very twisty turny course through a lovely park. It's an absolute scrum at the start and the slippery conditions made passing difficult, but very enjoyable once it opened up.
Another lovely #ParkRun at Albert Park in Middlesbrough. Constantly friendly and welcoming, and a great way to finish my final #CouchTo5K run!
November 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Another lovely #ParkRun at Albert Park in Middlesbrough. Constantly friendly and welcoming, and a great way to finish my final #CouchTo5K run!
I just finished Wonderboy III: The Dragon's Trap on the #Sega Master System and got a #RetroAchievements hardcore mastery to boot!
Was great to play it properly finally. An early #Metroidvania that holds up well today. Mildly janky, as expected, but nothing major. Looks great!
#Retrogaming
Was great to play it properly finally. An early #Metroidvania that holds up well today. Mildly janky, as expected, but nothing major. Looks great!
#Retrogaming
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I just finished Wonderboy III: The Dragon's Trap on the #Sega Master System and got a #RetroAchievements hardcore mastery to boot!
Was great to play it properly finally. An early #Metroidvania that holds up well today. Mildly janky, as expected, but nothing major. Looks great!
#Retrogaming
Was great to play it properly finally. An early #Metroidvania that holds up well today. Mildly janky, as expected, but nothing major. Looks great!
#Retrogaming
I have glimpsed the top of the mountain... they should have sent a poet, etc.
#Ayn #Thor #RetroGaming
#Ayn #Thor #RetroGaming
October 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I have glimpsed the top of the mountain... they should have sent a poet, etc.
#Ayn #Thor #RetroGaming
#Ayn #Thor #RetroGaming
October 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I just finished Bulk Slash on the #SegaSaturn, a colourful mech game where you pilot a robot/plane around various environments completing objectives. You pick up "Navigators" who give you various abilities.
Each level is slightly different: some indoors, some in space, but all a lot of fun!
Each level is slightly different: some indoors, some in space, but all a lot of fun!
September 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I just finished Bulk Slash on the #SegaSaturn, a colourful mech game where you pilot a robot/plane around various environments completing objectives. You pick up "Navigators" who give you various abilities.
Each level is slightly different: some indoors, some in space, but all a lot of fun!
Each level is slightly different: some indoors, some in space, but all a lot of fun!
My favourite memory of CVG was the Mean Machines section... a couple of monthly pages that covered the emerging 8-bit console market. Tantalising to teenage kid... And it spawned these wonderful spinoff specials (there were four in total).
June 13, 2025 at 7:41 AM
My favourite memory of CVG was the Mean Machines section... a couple of monthly pages that covered the emerging 8-bit console market. Tantalising to teenage kid... And it spawned these wonderful spinoff specials (there were four in total).