# victoria park (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover victoria park. Page: Feed: --- ## [Run Report: Longrun Meadow Parkrun](https://neverimitate.wordpress.com/2026/08/22/run-report-longrun-meadow-parkrun/) _2026-08-22 · Jackie Law · neverimitate_ Our parkrun tourism continued this week with a visit to Taunton and a chance to run at Longrun Meadow. Despite the name it was still 5k in distance, although the meadow was looking apocalyptic in places as, in a sign of the times, some ‘bright spark’ had decided to light a barbeque a few days \[…\] ## [Book Review: The Garden of Evening Mists](https://neverimitate.wordpress.com/2026/08/20/book-review-the-garden-of-evening-mists/) _2026-08-20 · Jackie Law · neverimitate_ The Garden of Evening Mists, by Tan Twan Eng, is a lyrical and sensuous story that encapsulates themes of love, the effects of war, and survival. The protagonist is Teoh Yun Ling, a recently retired judge who returns to the Cameron Highlands in Malaya when she is diagnosed with a degenerative illness. The place holds \[…\] ## [Free community event sponsored by Clarion Housing and The Geezers Club](https://www.ourbow.com/free-community-event-sponsored-by-clarion-housing-and-the-geezers-club/) _2026-08-19 · Edward Snooks · Our Bow_ Tom will be performing at The Tredegar Community Hall, Morville Street on Friday 18th of Sep at 7.30 pm. A raffle in aid of St Joseph’s will take place in the interval and any donations ## [Hotel Review: Orestone Manor in Devon](https://neverimitate.wordpress.com/2026/08/18/hotel-review-orestone-manor-in-devon/) _2026-08-18 · Jackie Law · neverimitate_ Orestone Manor Hotel sits on a hillside above Maidencombe where the South West Coast Path passes between Torquay and Teignmouth. Built in1830 its most famous resident was the artist Sir John Callcott Horsley, a bachelor when he purchased the property which he used for gatherings and parties by the sea. In 1843 Horsley was commissioned \[…\] ## [Run Report: Victoria Park Newbury Parkrun – amended course](https://neverimitate.wordpress.com/2026/08/15/run-report-victoria-park-newbury-parkrun-amended-course/) _2026-08-15 · Jackie Law · neverimitate_ Today was our second visit to Victoria Park in Newbury and most enjoyable it was too. Memories from our previous visit were of slippery mud underfoot as this was just prior to its winter shutdown. On reopening the course had been changed and this is what we wanted to check out. As before, we parked \[ \] ## [Book Review: Why We Sleep](https://neverimitate.wordpress.com/2026/08/13/book-review-why-we-sleep/) _2026-08-13 · Jackie Law · neverimitate_ Why We Sleep is written by a professor of neuroscience and psychology so one assumes he knows what he is talking about on this, his specialist subject. He has carried out many carefully controlled scientific studies on the impact of sleep, or lack thereof, and taken on board the detailed results of many more studies \[ \] ## [Book Review: The Silver Linings Playbook](https://neverimitate.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/book-review-the-silver-linings-playbook/) _2026-08-11 · Jackie Law · neverimitate_ The Silver Linings Playbook, by Matthew Quick, tells the story of a young American man, Pat Peoples, whose life slipped entirely off the rails after his marriage broke down. He ended up incarcerated in a psychiatric facility (the Bad Place). Now back living with his parents, his aim in life is to be kind rather \[ \] ## [Run Report: Quakers Walk Parkrun – Husband’s 250th Event](https://neverimitate.wordpress.com/2026/08/08/run-report-quakers-walk-parkrun-husbands-250th-event/) _2026-08-08 · Jackie Law · neverimitate_ Today’s parkrun was to be Husband’s 250th event. Normally when achieving milestones we would try to attend our home course but, this week, it was set to become a war zone. With the Cavaliers due to fight the Roundheads in the battle of Chippenham – 400 soldiers and horses skirmishing in Monkton Park we \[ \] ## [Book Review: Diving For Pearls](https://neverimitate.wordpress.com/2026/08/06/book-review-diving-for-pearls/) _2026-08-06 · Jackie Law · neverimitate_ Nothing stays the same. But these are worries for another day. This is now, this is Dubai, and nothing else matters. Diving For Pearls, by Jamie O Connell, is a compelling yet disturbing depiction of life in Dubai told from a variety of perspectives. It opens with the death of a young woman, Hiyam Husayin, her \[ \] ## [Book Review: Opening Night](https://neverimitate.wordpress.com/2026/08/04/book-review-opening-night/) _2026-08-04 · Jackie Law · neverimitate_ This review was written for and first published by Bookmunch. Opening Night tells the story of a friendship which developed over the course of a couple of years after the Covid outbreak, between the author and an American artist, Mollie Douthit, who at the time was based in the same area of West Cork in Ireland. \[ \] ## [Install Manifest V3 Extension (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QdnC31KA8DTL) _2026-08-04 · **Sponsored**_ Get this Manifest V3 extension from the official TronBrowser Store listing. ## [Monthly Roundup – July 2026](https://neverimitate.wordpress.com/2026/07/31/monthly-roundup-july-2026/) _2026-07-31 · Jackie Law · neverimitate_ The UK heatwave has continued throughout July not perhaps as hot as we suffered earlier in the season but still warm for our normally temperate climate and with a notable lack of rain. The ground is baked hard, the grass like straw. I have continued my walks and runs but try to do the \[ \] ## [Book Review: The Followers](https://neverimitate.wordpress.com/2026/07/28/book-review-the-followers/) _2026-07-28 · Jackie Law · neverimitate_ Recent picks from my vast TBR shelves have too often proved a tad disappointing so it was pleasing to start The Followers and quickly find myself fully invested in what was happening. Published in 2015, the story revolves around a small religious cult based in a remote farmhouse on moors in northern England. There are \[ \] ## [Book Review: The Betrayals](https://neverimitate.wordpress.com/2026/07/23/book-review-the-betrayals/) _2026-07-23 · Jackie Law · neverimitate_ Having read and not exactly enjoyed The Binding, I may not have picked up the author s next release, The Betrayals, had I not been told it was better and perhaps it is. Certainly the plot is more intricate, much like the game so revered within its pages the grand jeu but this \[ \] ## [Geezers go on tour in West Smithfield.](https://www.ourbow.com/geezers-go-on-tour-in-west-smithfield/) _2026-07-21 · Edward Snooks · Our Bow_ We had a really good turn out for the Geezers guided tour of St Bart’s North Wing including the newly restored Hogarth painted staircase.The guide on the day was second from the right Fay Mcdermott ## [Edward Explores: Somerset](https://neverimitate.wordpress.com/2026/07/21/edward-explores-somerset-2/) _2026-07-21 · Jackie Law · neverimitate_ With the UK experiencing a summer of heatwaves, Edward has spent much of his time in recent weeks resting on his deckchair in the shade, dressed in his swimsuit and with a cooling towel draped around his neck. However, when Compton informed him that their bearers were planning another overnight stay in Bridgwater, in order \[ \] ## [Geezers visit Victoria Model Steamboat Club](https://www.ourbow.com/geezers-visit-victoria-model-steamboat-club/) _2026-07-20 · Edward Snooks · Our Bow_ If you have lived in the East End and never visited the model boating lake on the East side of the park you should add it to your bucket list. Geezers Paul Dixey and Alan ## [Help us identify these East London football teams](https://www.ourbow.com/help-us-identify-these-east-london-football-teams/) _2026-07-11 · Alan T · Our Bow_ Ray Gipson (1940 – 2024) was involved in the founding and/or supporting of many local football teams. Mostly they were based in and around Hackney Marshes, playing in the Hackney & Leyton League from the ## [The Geezers have a lovely day in Frinton on Sea.](https://www.ourbow.com/the-geezers-have-a-lovely-day-in-frinton-on-sea/) _2026-07-10 · Edward Snooks · Our Bow_ A day in Frinton by the sea was always going to be fun and it brought back some lovely memories to the geezers who had come here with wives and kids. First thing to do ## [First Clarion sponsored Geezers coach trips of 2026.](https://www.ourbow.com/first-clarion-sponsored-geezers-coach-trips-of-2026/) _2026-06-17 · Edward Snooks · Our Bow_ St Albans Sat 2nd May A new destination for the first Clarion sponsored Geezers’ coach trip of the year was St Albans and judging by everyone’s positive feedback it will definitely not be our last ## [The Geezers visit our National Army Museum](https://www.ourbow.com/the-geezers-visit-our-national-army-museum/) _2026-06-07 · Edward Snooks · Our Bow_ Our top photo shows the Geezers with a Challenger 2 Battle Tank outside The National Army Museum. From the East End to the bright lights of Chelsea It was a brilliant day out for 20 ## [Ask the crowd: AI or not (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Ndt76Q5qJ1DI) _2026-06-07 · **Sponsored**_ Get a transparent verdict from verified humans via web, RSS, or API. ## [Geezers bowl round the clock for charity : be a part of our marathon.](https://www.ourbow.com/geezers-bowl-round-the-clock-for-charity-be-a-part-of-our-marathon/) _2026-05-19 · Edward Snooks · Our Bow_ Every year we do a sponsored walk for charity, most recently Veterans’ Aid, Headway and the Alzheimer’s Society. This year, because so many of us are or have been keen bowlers, we’ve decided instead to hold a bowls marathon in partnership ## [Bow’s finest enjoy an evening of songs & stories with Kate Garner](https://www.ourbow.com/bow-geezers-enjoy-an-evening-of-songs-stories-with-kate-garner/) _2026-05-19 · Edward Snooks · Our Bow_ The Geezers and their friends from Bow were wide awake to hear the words of ‘By the Sleepy Lagoon’, the instrumental theme of Desert Island Discs, during a captivating evening of stories and vintage songs ## [The Geezers enjoy a Guided Tour of Oxford House](https://www.ourbow.com/the-geezers-enjoy-a-guided-tour-of-oxford-house/) _2026-04-30 · Alan T · Our Bow_ Just off of Bethnal Green Road overlooking Weaver’s Field you will find an interesting red brick building known as Oxford House. The Geezers were lucky to have a guided tour of this excellent and historically