If you haven’t already got a Santa suit, you will be able to buy one this Saturday from Barnabus or on the day. Adults and children’s suits available £10 & £5. Also on the 6th they will be collecting warm clothes etc Fancy dress is optional.

For this Saturday we need 8 Marshals 5 Funnel managers 3 Scanners 2 Tail walkers 1 Finish token support Please email heaton@parkrun.com with your barcode to fill it up.

It’s not to late to get on his good list / the roster for this Saturday and all of December count 😀 We thought with us seeing Santa’s on our Christmas run on 6th December is time to get on the good list 😀 Don’t delay / email today

Despite the light show in the park it’s still not that light at the moment, think need 50p for the meter 🤔 With the temperature above zero the course is good so far. See you at the lakeside for a warm welcome soon

Ok we might be a little biased 🤔 but an amazing effort by all our volunteers today 💜 The results have been sent to Hq - if you finished after position 90 you finish place will be different to the token given but the times are correct. See you all next week

We are on this morning as it stands - but if anything changes we will cancel at any time including during the event. BUT we need EVERYBODY to listen to the announcements otherwise we won’t be able to start. So please keep quiet and chat after the event See you soon

Thanks yo all who have come forward, we still NEED at least 2 funnel managers for Saturday. Email heaton@parkrun.com with your barcode number

For this Saturday we need 4 Marshals 7 Funnel managers 2 Scanners Post event close down people If you can help please email heaton@parkrun.com - PLEASE include your barcode when emailing

The path at the side of the lake is still closed so best going past the white gate from the lakeside car park

Some of our core team will be playing with their presents from Santa and others asking why on the naughty list 🤔🤣 If you can help please email Heaton@parkrun.com WITH YOUR barcode and title the email ‘Christmas’, ‘NYD’ or ‘Both’ if you can help with both.

Hopefully the weather will be kind to our setup team this week 🤞 Did you know we can add volunteers 6 weeks plus in advance (that’s near to the end of the year 🙄). If you want to volunteer please email heaton@parkrun.com with your barcode.

The roster for next week is quite good, but we still need more volunteers for Saturday and the rest of November - please email heaton@parkrun.com with your barcode number. Thanks to all who have already volunteered, we look forward to see you at Heaton parkrun. @Prestwichplodd1

Well done all who braved today and a special thanks to all our amazing volunteers - the lake is filling up again after the pre run rain 🙄 Please see the pic about the Christmas decoration competition

We did eat fancy dress is optional for today’s parkrun, we didn’t specify what costumes 🤔 See you at the lakeside soon Remember your entries for the Christmas decoration comp. Also to walk past the white gate from lakeside car park

Hopefully you have your costumes ready (fancy dress is optional). The volunteer roster is looking good - we can never have to many bodies volunteering - email heaton@parkrun.com with your barcode if you want to volunteer. See you all at the lakeside tomorrow 👻👹🎃

Get your costumes ready If you don’t want to run in your costume, we would love to have you volunteer, email heaton@parkrun.com with your barcode. We are aware that the Lakeside path with be having works carried out so we will make a minor modification to the usual route.

It’s getting lighter and the course so far is looking good Remember replacement buses on part of the Bury tram lines See you at the start line soon

The weather is looking to be dry tomorrow and ideal running conditions, for the last run before the clocks go back. We have a good volunteer roster for tomorrow - but can always add more, also can add for future weeks 😀 email heaton@parkrun.com with your barcode number.

Please be aware of tram works this weekend - replacement busses on parts of the Bury line - so allow extra time if traveling by tram.

Thanks to all who have volunteered for this week 💜 We are good to go, a few more scanners would possibly help (email heaton@parkrun.com with your barcode) even a few scan after running if sub 26 min time. We can never have to many volunteers .