parkrun in Wales is slow getting up and running again and our local parkrun in Prestatyn isn’t going to start before September at the earliest. So a week ago (14th August 2021) we took a drive to St Helens to the Sutton Manor parkrun. We didn’t know until we arrived that this was in a park that had been created when an old coal mine had closed. This was Sutton Manor Colliery in the Lancashire Coalfields, a productive mine that was deemed unviable despite having an estimated 40 years of work coal still underground. The park is now in a beautiful setting, wildlife has returned, trees are growing and a parkrun is thriving there, this is an undulating pleasant run on gravel paths through gradually maturing woodland. The parkrun meanders around the footpaths on a circuit that took us twice round a remarkable 66 foot sculpture of a person’s head.We arrived to run in the 18th event at Sutton Manor and found a lovely bunch of volunteers ready to guide us on our way - what fun!
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