As always, one of the first parkrun photos is of the finish, which so often seems to be the first thing that's sorted out before 9 o'clock on a Saturday morning. .

Sadly we don't have these deliveries every Saturday morning . . but if we did, this particular Saturday wouldn't have been so special . .

The cake and bubbly drink seemed to act as magnets . . and pretty soon runners were arriving from all directions . . where they would find plenty of runners in fancy dress . . Caroline and her running bling . . and ginger beer and cake . .

We have a short walk from the finish, and Abingdon parkrun HQ, to the start . . and when I reached the start line there were still only a few runners there, lining up and getting ready to run . .

And here are the runners having just started . . coming my way . .