The second half of the South Gloucestershire New Year's parkrun double took place just the other side of the M4 from Chipping Sodbury, at Pomphrey Hill in Mangotsfield . .

For the second time this morning, a course record was broken, with an astonishing 309 parkrunners visiting this great venue, 155 of them having run 90 minutes earlier at Chipping Sodbury  . . and here's a short video of the start . .

At 20 past 10 everyone was encouraged to make their way to the start line, ready for Run Director Ira's
pre-parkrun briefing . . although inevitably, despite the "late" 10.30 start, there were several who left it until the last moment to find their way to the group . .

Above, the last seconds before everybody set off on their three laps . . and below, I follow the last runner, with the tail runner and her dog, back to run HQ where we joined our friends for coffee, and bacon sandwiches, and tea, and cake, and biscuits, and laughter . .

 . . use the buttons to the left (you'll need to scroll up a bit now) or below, to find all the photos from the 45th Pomphrey Hill parkrun . .