A photograph of beautiful Dunorlan Park in Royal Tunbridge Wells. Blue sky with little fluffy clouds sits above a landscape of trees and a glassy boating lake. In the foreground grass stretches out. In the middle of the the photograph, a man wearing a red top, black shorts and white trainers is sprinting in front of us. He goes on to be the first finisher at Royal Tunbridge Wells parkrun. The photo combines movement and stillness and is really rather striking.

Over on Facebook we've just posted this week's album of photographs by Richard Craig-McFeely. Pop over and take a look: www.facebook.com/royaltunbrid...

A photo of lots of people milling about in a pub. One of them has spotted that a photo is being taken, and is happily posing for the camera.

Thank you to the 60+ people who joined us for last night’s parkrun social in The Royal Oak. It was lovely to see so many people and put more names to faces.
Let’s do it again some time.

In which case, we hope you have a nice sit down this evening!

And now here are the results: www.parkrun.org.uk/royaltunbrid...

On the subject of PBs, there were 37 today 👏 we're hoping to double this next week as people chase the volunteer pacers to their chosen finish time...
We also welcomed 67 first timers, of which 12 were completing their first parkrun anywhere.
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2. It's almost our birthday! Next Saturday marks 12 years of Royal Tunbridge Wells parkrun. There will be cake, there will be pacers to help us chase PBs and there will be the usual warm welcome from the parkrun community. We can't wait to celebrate with you.
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1. Tonight it's one of our irregular evening socials. Come along to The Royal Oak from 7pm and find out the names of the people you see every Saturday. We all recognise each other but very few people know names, so this is the perfect opportunity to say hello! We've an area reserved at the back.
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Before we get to the results we have two announcements:
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Wasn't it a glorious morning?
We had blue sky, sunshine, flowers, firm ground, 336 parkrunners, 45 volunteers, perfect temperatures, everything you need for a perfect parkrun in Dunorlan. 1/n

Gorgeous photos, as usual. Sorry I didn't see you this morning. hopefully you can come along tonight?

2 scenes. (a) parkrunners relaxing on the grass - standing, sitting, chatting- after completing their 5k. (b) view across the lake, with trees on a small island reflecting in the still waters. The sky is blue, and some trees are showing fresh, light green, spring leaves

A very mild fine spring morning for @rtwparkrun.bsky.social in Dunorlan Park. April/May is perfect time of year for anyone thinking of parkrun touring here!
#parkrun

Looking forward to seeing lots of people at Parkrun in the morning and at the @rtwparkrun.bsky.social social tomorrow evening. #parkrun #loveparkrun

A photo from a previous evening social for Royal Tunbridge Wells parkrun. Three women are smiling at the camera, just behind them we can see some men are there too.

Then in the evening we will be gathering again for a friendly parkrun social in the evening, from 7pm in the back area of The Royal Oak.
All are welcome!

A photo of lots of people in brightly coloured sports kit as they start to run at the beginning of Royal Tunbridge Wells parkrun.

TOMORROW IS DOUBLE RTW PARKRUN FUN DAY!
In 24 hours we will be gathering in the park for another sunny parkrun morning at 9am (please arrive early for briefings)…

A dark blue graphic containing the words: social event, 28 April, 7pm @ The Royal Oak, Royal Tunbridge Wells

This weekend, as well as our morning parkrun we will be hosting an evening social event. You’re all welcome at one or both events:
8.50am first timers briefing for parkrun in Dunorlan Park.
7pm first arrivals for the evening social in The Royal Oak.
See you there?

A photo of a lot of people spread out in a crowd, all running or walking from left to right across the picture. In the middle, most prominent in the picture, a woman has her thumbs up and is grinning (and looking especially cheesy, her words, not ours). This is the start of Royal Tunbridge Wells parkrun in Dunorlan Park.

3️⃣4️⃣ Personal bests out of 2️⃣6️⃣9️⃣ participants. 4️⃣6️⃣ first timers (of which 5️⃣ were completely new). All supported by 4️⃣0️⃣ high vis volunteers.
We love our parkrun community and we think you're all legends for making it so special 👏
See all the names and times here: www.parkrun.org.uk/royaltunbrid...

A photograph taken in Dunorlan Park, Royal Tunbridge Wells. The top half is a beautiful, big, blue sky. Then we have a dark line of trees, a glimpse of glassy lake, a long line of parkrunners running, jogging and walking, then almost the bottom half of the picture is lush, green grass. It’s a beautiful, calm view.

See you in the morning for another beautiful 5k parkrun?
First timers briefing 8.50am
Full briefing 8.58ish
Start 9am
All are welcome!

A photo of Erica, yesterday’s Royal Tunbridge Wells parkrun RD, wearing bunny ears and smiling as she speaks in to a megaphone that nicely matches the pale blue of her RD volunteer top.

Can we have your attention please?
The first of two sets of photos by Richard Craig-McFeely, from yesterday’s parkrun is now available on our Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/share/1DnxU7...

Fair enough! Impressive.

Given the problems many of us had uploading results yesterday, I wonder if there may be more to add if any events decided to wait and try again today?

A photograph of a man wearing a chicken onesie, running up a hill. He looks very happy.

For some of you, this link will work: www.parkrun.org.uk/royaltunbrid... for others, it's going to show a page error, but we promise the results are in and you'll get your finish times soon.

We'll share the numbers and results again when the official photos are ready. For now, here's a chicken.

Thank you to everyone for joining us, we know there were 307 participants and 48 volunteers, but gremlins in the system means we don't have access to all the numbers at the moment...

A photograph of the RD briefing at Royal Tunbridge Wells parkrun in Dunorlan park. In the middle of the picture we have the back of Erica, the RD, wearing the pale blue high visibility top and a pair of bunny ears. She is facing the start funnel, where a crowd of parkrunners wearing brightly coloured is stood facing her - and our - way.

Happy Easter Saturday parkrun and happy return to the summer course to us all! RD Erica particularly enjoyed making that announcement and hearing the cheer from the crowd...

A pale blue graphic showing line drawings of Easter eggs, one containing the parkrun logo. It also shows the words: Easter parkrun, volunteer, run or walk with us. Dunorlan Park, Royal Tunbridge Wells.

We have an update to yesterday’s IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
Tomorrow *is* parkrun day 🥳
Join us for an Easter Saturday parkrun/walk/jog around beautiful Dunorlan.
We’ll provide the volunteers and the sweet treats 🍬, you provide yourselves for the 8.50am briefing.

A photo of Royal Tunbridge Wells parkrunner Steve. He is running while wearing a hat that looks like the head of a cute bunny.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
Tomorrow is not Saturday.
Don’t worry though, we are running closer to the arrival of the Easter Bunny and it will soon be parkrun day.

📸 Richard Craig-McFeely

We waited until after lunch so you’d know this wasn’t a joke, it’s Very Serious Business. We need more volunteers!
Marshals and close down helpers are once again in short supply. Please will you email us to volunteer?
Royaltunbridgewells@parkrun.com

You can have a break whenever you want but treats will only be available at the end!

A navy graphic containing the text: Official statement. We can confirm that this weekend we will be handing out Easter treats to all our parkrunners, volunteers and supporters. The bad news: at this current time we are unable to guarantee that any of these treats will be Kit Kat bars, thank you. Below the text is the parkrun logo and the words: Dunorlan Park, Royal Tunbridge Wells.

We have an official sweet treats statement. It’s definitely got nothing to do with the European Kit Kat heist or regular volunteer Ross.

That’s what you think!

Definitely not. Heartbreak Hill is just as heartbreaking at the end of lap one as it is in lap two.