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Anne Akers
@stripeyanne.bsky.social
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Run, write, ski, walk, laugh, make, photograph, love, rant. But not necessarily in that order. Event Director at Woodhouse Moor parkrun, Chair of West Leeds Dispatch
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#Parkrun. The universal language of distance...
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Only a parkrun to go….
In the old days, that’s BP (Before parkrun) my internal commentary would point out that, as I puffed, panted, coughed and spluttered my way towards the end of my run, there was only that bit …
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December 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Supporting at the #AbbeyDash #Leeds today, just short of the 6k mark. #oveparkrun #HydeParkHarriers #RunForAll
November 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Blogging about our smart(ish) home. Someone is very clever (not me!)
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The light switches are redundant
We don’t need a working light switch in the house, because, as if by magic, the lights come on when you need them. Not only that, but the lounge blind makes a stately descent each evening as …
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November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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#Borage #boragoofficinalis and #herbrobert #geraniumrobertianum growing happily beside the bins in #Calverley #Leeds #urbanbotany
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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We love our #parkrun at #WoodhouseMoor, especially when it's wearing its #autumn coat. Thank you, #LeedsParks #loveparkrun
November 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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#OtleyChevin showing off its #autumn colours. #Leeds #Yorkshire
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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#Autumn in #CalverleyWoods #Leeds . Lots of #beech #lime and #oak with the odd #sweetchestnut
November 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Blogging about the #TurnerPrize coming to #Bradford. It's rather ace. #CityofCulture
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Bradford’s the winner
Where better to host the UK’s famous Turner Prize, a celebration of contemporary art, than the birthplace of (in my humble opinion) the world’s greatest living artist? David Hockney was…
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October 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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A lovely run around #LightNight #Leeds. What a fantastic event, thank you #LeedsCityCouncil
October 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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#CalverleyWoods #Leeds. My run route this morning.
October 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Blogging about dealing with my Mother of All Colds...
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Therapy for feeling like sh1t……
Noel and I are shouting at each other. Proper shouting. Thank goodness we have super-thick Yorkshire store walls and double glazing so the neighbours and passers-by can’t hear the commotion. …
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October 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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It's very spidery in the garden today. Very spidery. #Leeds #Yorkshire #autumn
October 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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My blog about our birthday parkrun
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A happy (but soggy) parkrun birthday
Singing Happy Birthday Woodhouse Moor parkrun! Photo: Lizzie Coombes Twelve hours to go and the wind’s whipping around the houses, ripping the leaves off the trees and sending the wheelie bin…
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October 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Singing #happybirthday to #WoodhouseMoor #parkrun #Leeds. We're 18 today, and we didn't let #StormAmy stop us....though it was a bit wet and breezy! #loveparkrun
October 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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DO NOT DISTURB! I'm reading #RichardOsmans new #ThursdayMurderClub book, hot off the press. And of course I bought it from my local independent bookshop #TrumanBooks #Farsley
September 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Blogging about the BEST art in Leeds - IMHO
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The best art in Leeds?
We have a lot of art in Leeds, we’re a very arty city. Blimey, we even have an Arts University. We have galleries in the city, galleries in the suburbs, sculptures in pavements and in car par…
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September 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Blogging about my 450th #parkrun
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What’s in a number?
Celebrating 450 with George (161!) There’s an entire Facebook group devoted to parkrun statistics. I accidentally joined it once, I don’t know what came over me, maybe it was curiosity …
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August 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Blogging about my garden
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My show-and-tell garden
We do like to look around posh gardens. When I say posh, I mean big gardens with fancy plants and trees, all labelled with their Latin names in italics on little signs. If you need to ask their com…
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August 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Looking forward to #SpinalTapII . Photo taken at the gorgeous #HimalayanGardensAndSculpturePark #NorthYorkshire
July 31, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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#Tomato growing in the gutter on Calverley Lane #Leeds. Folk often park here to scoff their fast food takeaway, chucking rubbish out of the window, maybe that's where it came from.
July 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Blogging about our new #Sage #coffee machine....
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I’m SOOO sorry for your loss
We were sure Tim, our parkrun King of Coffee, would understand. He knows the heartache of the spluttering, stuttering and spitting. He recognises the signs of decline when all you get is thin black…
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July 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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One of the gazillion reasons I #loveparkrun are the people you meet. Yesterday at #WoodhouseMoor, we met Anthony and Nigel, who were visiting from #Eire. They had run every parkrun over there, raising £12k for Alzheimer's into the bargain.
July 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Growing and thriving in the gutter of the busy Leeds to Shipley Road, I'm 100% sure this #snapdragon seeded from my over-the-door planter. There's also some in a neighbour's garden.
July 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Blogging about Bob, my #parkrun encourager
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Every runner needs a Bob
What with injury, apathy and an inability to motivate myself to tie up my running shoes and set off for a blast around the woods, I’ve been a poor excuse for a runner these past few months. N…
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June 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Blogging about Interrailing.
Record-breaking Interrailing
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Record-breaking Interrailing
It was rude not to. Interrail offered us a huge reduction on the first class ticket-to-ride around Europe to countries of our choice. Our first adventure a couple of years ago had taken us to Franc…
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June 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM