Flickr UK Running Photos

I am pleased to see there are over 3,000 photos on the UK Running Flickr Photo Group. I am encouraging anyone to join and add photos related to any running clubs in the UK.

If you don't know flickr in short this is a free photosharing site for all your photos amd I have started a group for UK Runners.

There are over a 1000 running clubs in England, Scotland,Wales and Northern Ireland. This group is about promoting your club by posting your photos here from events and competitions. This can be any event from a track meeting, cross country race, road race, trail or fell run. In fact any event in the UK .

Club running vest colours can date back many years and have a proud history. If you know a bit about your club and its history feel free to add some background with your photos.

With over 1000 clubs in the UK be the first to send in photos from your local clubs. The link here suggests there are 1039 clubs in the UK.

There are currently 37 members of the group but this growing slowly. You are welcome to join if you have an interest in runing in the UK. Any questions drop me an e-mail

These are the clubs currently represented with photos

Abingdon Amblers Athletics Club
Alchester Running Club
Amber Valley AC
Banbury Harriers AC
Barnet & District AC
Bedford Harriers AC
Belgrave Harriers
Bellahouston Road Runners
Benfleet Running Club
Biggleswade AC
Bildeston Bounders AC
Billericay Striders
Bingley Harriers
Birchfield Harriers
Birmingham Rowheath AC
Bishop's Stortford Running Club
Black Country Triathletes
Blackpool Wyre & Flyde AC
Blyth Running Club
Bolton United Harriers
Braintree & District AC
Brandon Fern Hoppers
Bridlington Road Runners
Bristol Triathlon Club
Bristol &West AC
BRJ Road Runners
Bungay Black Dog Running Club
Bushfield Joggers
Cambridge & Coleridge AC
Cambridge University Press Running Club
Cannock & Stafford AC
Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club
Castle Point Joggers
Centurion Running Club
Chelmsford Athletic Club
City of Norwich AC
City of Stoke AC
City of York AC
Clapham Chasers Running & Triathlon Club
Colchester Harriers Ac
Cornwall AC
Coventry Godiva Harriers
Derby AC
Derby Triathlon Club
Dereham Road Runners
Diss AC
Dorking and Mole Valley AC
Doncaster AC
Dudley & Kingswinford AC
Dulwich Runners AC
East Cheshire Tameside AC
East Cornwall Harriers
Edmonton Running Club
Elvet Striders
Ely Runners
Falmouth Road Runners
Farnham Runners
Fairland Valley Spartans
Felixstowe Road Runners
Fetch Everyone
Framlingham Flyers
Garden City Runners
Gateshead Harriers & AC
Gloucester AC
Great Bentley Running Club
Great Western Runners
Great Yarmouth Road Runners
Guildford & Godalming AC
Haddington & East Lothian Pacemakers AC
Heddington Road Runners
Hadleigh Hares AC
Halesowen Athletics&CC
Halifax Harriers
Hallamshire Harriers
Hayle Road Runners
Halstead Road Runners
Handsworth Road Hogs
Haverhill Running Club
Havering '90 Joggers
Helsby Running Club
Horsforth Harriers
Horwich RMI Harriers & AC
Hunts AC
Ilford AC
Ipswich Harriers
Ipswich Jaffa Running Club
Ipswich Triathlon Club
Kendal AC
Kimberworth Striders Running Club
Kingston upon Hull AC
Lakenheath Lopers
Larne AC
Launceston Road Runners
Leamington Cycling & Athletics Club
Leeds Carnegie
Liverpool Harriers & AC
Leicester Coritanian AC
Long Eaton Running Club
Looe Pioneers Running Club
Lowestoft Road Runners
Marshall Milton Keynes AC
Newmarket Joggers
Newquay Road Runners
Norfolk Gazelles
North Derbyshire Running Club
North Herts Road Runners
North Norfolk Beach Runners
Norwich Road Runners
Oakhampton Running Club
Oak Park Pacers
Orion Harriers
Peterborough AC
Pitsea Running Club
Plymouth Harriers
Pudsey & Bramley AC
Purple Patch Runners
RAF AC
RAF Honington
Ramsey Road Runners
Redhill Road Runners
Road Runners Club
Rothwell Harriers
Royston Road Runners
Saffron Striders
Saint Edmund Pacers
Saltwell Harriers
Serpentine Running Club
Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers AC
Shepshed Running Club
Southend on Sea AC
Southville Running Club
South West Road Runners
Springfield Striders Running Club
St Austell Running Club
Staffordshire Moorlands AC
Stilton Striders Running Club
Stockport Harriers & Athletics Club
Stopsley Striders
Stowmarket Striders
Strathaven Striders
Stubbington Green Runners & AC
Sudbury Joggers
Swindon Harriers
Tamworth AC
Tavistock AC
Team Kennet
Telford AC
Telford Harriers
The Saxons
Thetford AC
Tiptree Road Runners
Tipton Harriers
Totley Athletics Club
Trail Running Association
Trentham Running Club
Tri-Anglia Triathlon Club
Truro Running Club
UK netrunner co uk
Valley Striders Yorkshire
Ware Joggers
Waveney Valley AC
West Bromwich Harriers
West End Runners
West Cheshire AC
West Suffolk AC
Wharfedale Harriers
Wigan Phoenix AAC
Witham Running Club
Witney Road Runners
Woodbridge Shufflers
Woodstock Harriers AC
Wrekin Road Runners
Wrexham AC
Wye Valley Runners
Wymondham AC
Yaxley Runners and Joggers
York Acorn Running Club
York Knavesmire Harriers
26.2 Road Runners Club

Ipswich Town visit Feyenoord

Ipswich Town visit Feyenoord, originally uploaded by Running in Suffolk.

Here is Sir Bobby and the Ipswich Town team visting Feyenoord. Sir Bobby is in the front row wearing the captains hat.

Acton - Sudbury Airfield USAF 486th Bomb Group Suffolk

5pm 6 miles in 48 mins 17 seconds

Week to date mileage 6

Month to date mileage 35

Average weekly rate 30.3

Average Monthly rate 132

Year to Date 1100

Life time 9120

For tonights run I decided to return to the village of Acton in Suffolk. Acton is close to the Waldingfields and Sudbury. I parked close to Babergh Hall and soon picked up on an off road pathway.

I soon realised that I was running on a disused airfield which seemed very popular with dog walkers. If you look at the ordanance survey map 196 you will see a large airfield with a very straight pathway through the centre of the airfield.

The Sudbury airfield was a second world airfield for Class A heavy bombers which had 3 runways. It only opened in 1944 towards the very end of the 2nd world war and is now largely covered in vegetation or been dug up in sections so as to plant crops. Piles of concrete sit in dumps. At this airfield the 486th bomb group USAF was based. There are still some hangers to be seen. A link with some history of this airfield is to be found here.

According to this site "46 missions were flown in the B24. In July 1944 the Group converted to the B-17G Flying Fortresses and flew another 142 missions. Overall, thirty three B24's and B17's were lost in action."


It certainly gets you thinking when you are out on a run about the many lives lost and to my mind there is a special atmosphere here at the Sudbury Airfield.

I ran an out and back course which took me to the edge of Sudbury though looking at the map another time I see it is possible to do a circular route.

The Flying Fortress Moreton Hall

5pm 7.5 miles in 1 hr 12 mins 55 seconds

Week to date mileage 22

Month to date mileage 29

Average weekly rate 30.3

Average Monthly rate 131

Year to Date 1094

Life time 9114

A warm afternoon still feeling as if I am aboard a boat I set of for a run. I took the route up to Moreton Hall via Cullum Rd and past Sainsbury's. Moreton Hall is good for running and cycling and I picked up the national cycle route 51 towards Thurston . I ran a little further than the Flying Fortress before returning to Bury via Eastgate Street and home.

Ipswich Town v Southampton

A win for Ipswich Town by 2 goals to win. Was it a fair reflection of the game well no but in our situation we will take the points. What came out of the game was another goal for the super sub Billy Clarke. Harding was my man of the match though Williams and Walton were also in top form.

Southampton should have scored 5 and you can see them going close this year under George Burley.

Bury Town v Brook House FAC

Bury Town v Brook House at the Ram Meadow
FAC Preliminary Round.

Bury Town hosted Brook House a team I have never heard of before and gave them a thrashing by 6-1. Brook House in non league pyramid terms are an equivalent side to Bury Town as far as I can see as they compete in a step 4 league The Southern and South West league.

Step 4 means there are 4 divisions for a side like Bury to climb should they ever wish to be able to play in the Coca Coca League Division 2. I still think of this league as being Division 4 if you imagine the Premier League is Division 1 the Championhip is Division 2 and so on ... confusing yes!So both Bury and Brook House play in Division 8 leagues.

Before the game their was a minute silence for Colin Hurley the Bury President who died this week. A familiar figure to anyone who has attended Bury games

After a fairly even start to the match the Brook House defense proved to be decidely weak as Bury carved open their defense time and time again with Cunningham hitting a hatrick and 2 goals from Bugg in the 1st half The pick of the goals for me was the free kick from Cunningham which was curled into the back of the net with the goalie left standing.The stuffing was knocked out of Brook House who had been a bit feisty in the tackle and willing to stick the boot in at times.



Just before half time a penalty was conceded which Bugg converted.















Buggs headed goal from a corner followed shortly after and before half time.




In the 2nd half a combination of Bury resting Cunningham and Bugg and a more competitive approach from Brook House resulted in a more even contest. Paynter was given a chance as sub and he looks a decent forward with some ability and he scored a nice volley.

Ironically when Brook House were down to 10 men having used all their subs and one of their players limped off they then scored a consolation goal.

Running Photographs of races in Suffolk

Just to say I am gradually adding more photos of races held in Suffolk. There are nearly a 100 now and I have recently added more pictures from the Tarpley 10 held in Beyton last year. Who knows you may just be on camera!

Click on the flickr button on the left hand side of the screen, or go to flickr.com or click here for a direct link to the set of pictures on running in suffolk.

If anyone else has pictures of running in suffolk feel free to post them on to flickr on the running in suffolk group

The Cock Inn at Clare Suffolk

It was only the other week I was discussing with Ruby at livinginburystedmunds her visit to Clare in Suffolk and she made mention of the Cock Inn. By a very strange coincidence I picked up a load of second hand football programmes at Ipswich on Saturday and inside was a lovely black and white picture.

I was trying to work out where it was when it twigged that of course it is the Cock Inn at Clare. I can only guess the date but assume it must be from perhaps the 1950's by the fashion. Look at the girl about 15 people in from the left wearing what appears to be a bowling or teddy boy kind of drape coat.

Not sure what the occasion would be perhaps a wedding as some of the men have flowers in their jackets but then again no bride and groom. It looks more like an outing to the seaside and the group is just about to get on board the buses.

I have copied this picture to the webmaster at clare-uk.com hopefully some relatives may recognise themselves in the picture.