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   *Pictured above - Gwennan Charlton and her family at the Penrhyn Castle event. Penrhyn Castle Dark Run Join the Penrhyn Castle Dark Run – Light Up the Night for Hope House Children’s Hospices! donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2025 Get ready for a magical evening at the stunning Penrhyn Castle as we light up the night for a truly special cause. The Dark Run is a family-friendly event in support of Hope House Children’s Hospices, offering a fun and unique 3K route (or 1.5K for little legs) through the beautiful castle grounds – all after dark!   October 18th 2025, 6pm Our warm up will begin at 6.10pm and at 6.30pm sharp we will start the run! Every participant will receive a bespoke glow-in-the-dark medal and a goody bag to remember the night. Dress up in your brightest, most glowing outfits (optional, but encouraged!) and help us bring light and hope to local families who need it most. We kindly ask each runner to raise as much as they can – e...

VIRTUAL 5k Run/Walk/Bike challenge for Hope House and Ty Gobaith Children's Charities. This is a great opportunity to help keep yourself fit and healthy, and ready for the forthcoming series of DARK RUNS , by completing a virtual 5k run, walk, or cycle, at a time and place to suit, and either indoor on a treadmill, or on a bike, and to make a small DONATION to essential Children's Cancer Charities.  The Penrhyn Castle DARK RUN will take place on SATURDAY 18/10/25, and the Conwy DARK RUN will on the following Saturday 25/10/25. *Details are included below... RunWalkBike CHARITY APPEAL for Children's Cancer Charities Including Hope House and Ty Gobaith. *DONATIONS: Just tap the link and enter a small donation amount. Thanks for your support! https://square.link/u/ctGT5DvU RunWalkBike CHARITY APPEAL for Children's Cancer Charities including Hope House and Ty Gobaith.  Images "designed by Freepik". All profits donated to Hope House and Ty Gobaith Children’s Cance...

SPECIAL COAST AND COUNTRY PROMOTION: Feature presented by Don Hale.  donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2025 TABLE-TOPPING FOOTBALL NOVEL - IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN WREXHAM - THE SEQUEL...by Andrew Foley Jones. FANS of a table-topping football novel creating a buzz in Hollywood are about to receive an early Christmas present. It's Always Sunny in Wrexham – The Sequel  now available on Amazon. *Hardback:  https://amzn.to/3KkaKcn *Paperback:  https://amzn.to/42GXmoT *Kindle ebook:   https://amzn.to/4nqgWhQ  *READ ANDREW FOLEY JONES' ORIGINAL BOOK -  It's Always Sunny in Wrexham. This is my blog link:  Don Hale Blog: The roller coaster ride of Wrexham AFC - It’s Alwa... https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-roller-coaster-ride-of-wrexham-afc.html?spref=tw Written by lawyer-turned-author Andrew Foley Jones (*pictured right),  the first book sold thousands of copies and ranked number one on Amazon in the football charts, number two in Sports, and four i...

SPECIAL COAST AND COUNTRY PROMOTION: Feature presented by Don Hale.   donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2025 Roller Coaster ride of Wrexham AFC - It's Always Sunny in Wrexham - an exciting football novel by Andrew Foley Jones. A NOVEL charting the roller-coaster rise of Wrexham AFC could be set for its own Hollywood ending...  **NEWS UPDATE: Read the sequel to Always Sunny in Wrexham: Full details on my blog: Don Hale Blog: Table-topping novel - It's Always Sunny in Wrexham... https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/table-topping-novel-its-always-sunny-in.html?spref=tw *Hardback:  https://amzn.to/4805zZ8 *Paperback:  https://amzn.to/484yvzb *Kindle ebook:   https://amzn.to/4pT1mgi *The author Andrew Foley Jones with some of his supporters at Wrexham. It’s Always Sunny in Wrexham   appeals to the club’s growing global fanbase and is a captivating, at times crazy, tale of a fanatical fan who wakes from a 10-year coma to find the Red Dragons are now under the stewar...

*Pictured above - Dalzell Runners, John and Julie Jones at Lake Alwen. Squelchy clockwise loop for Dalzell Running duo at the Llyn Alwen Trail race. Report by Don Hale.  donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2025 Dave and Julie Jones from Dalzell Runners competed in the Llyn Alwen Trail and Canicross events last Sunday, with Dave claiming the second spot in his MV50 age cat. After the race, he confirmed: “ What a difference a day makes! Sunshine greeted us this morning  following yesterday's deluge,  for a squelchy clockwise loop of the lake. A lovely little run and well organised by Bespoke fitness.   “ Happy with my result of 54.53 for 12th place and 2nd MV50-59, and Julie also had a great run too coming in at 1.15.17, and she was 62nd out of 79 finishers and 4th FV50-59.” *Pictured (*right) and (*below), some spectacular scenery during this challenging trail race.

*NWRRC member Mal Preece (*above) pictured at the promotional finish area with his medal after running in the Berlin Marathon. Road Running duo beat the heat in the Berlin Marathon. *The North Wales dynamic duo of Mal Preece (*above left), and Lesley Goodson relax after competing in very hot conditions during the Berlin Marathon. Report by Don Hale. donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2025   Two members of North Wales Road Runners ran in the world famous Berlin Marathon on Sunday in very hot temperatures, which seemed in stark contrast to the rather wet and windy weather in the UK over the weekend. Both  Mal Preece  and  Lesley Goodson  claimed they were glad to finish, but the pair still recorded some excellent times given the circumstances of competing in this prestigious event, and in those unexpected conditions, along with tens of thousands of global entrants. Mal finished in 3 hours 48 minutes and 25 seconds, and afterwards he explained: “This was marathon number 8 at...