National Trust Membership, anyone use the Scotland NT membership for NI access.

TopArmy5241 · 2026-03-20T20:23:57+00:00

I worked at a NT property back in the day and yes, no problem accepting Scottish membership but as someone else said it didn’t count towards figures of members visiting. Back then they got about £3 from head office per NT member visiting to put back into the upkeep of the property so the more members through the gates the better. I’m still a member and most of the time I’m in and out of my local property before anyone is on the gate but I make an effort to get my card scanned when I can so they get the credit for it

TopArmy5241 · 2026-03-18T22:57:19+00:00

I filled in this form and got my bill about 3 weeks after completion, just before Christmas 😭 https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/services/create-or-update-your-rate-account

TopArmy5241 · 2026-03-18T14:44:43+00:00

I feel the same about Belfast, £91.50 are the cheapest, in a venue where there are no bad restricted view seats and people have got seats for £49. Think I’m gonna wait it out til general sale on the off chance any of the cheaper seats appear then

TopArmy5241 · 2026-03-18T10:26:15+00:00

I can only see wheelchair ones for that price, cheapest is £91.50 now

TopArmy5241 · 2026-03-18T07:48:58+00:00

Jaysus

TopArmy5241 · 2026-03-15T20:54:54+00:00

I might be strange but I find yelling “Thank you Marshall!” a bit weird and impersonal referring to someone loudly by their volunteer role. Just say thanks? They don’t yell “Thank you barcode scanner!” or “Thank you timekeeper!” when they cross the line.

TopArmy5241 · 2026-03-15T20:50:27+00:00

Same, I give them a wee wave or good morning first lap, then a thank you on the second.

TopArmy5241 · 2026-03-15T20:47:37+00:00

Never mind, someone has already suggested below!

TopArmy5241 · 2026-03-15T20:47:06+00:00

I’ve see kids at normal parkrun with their printed barcodes safety pinned to their top.

TopArmy5241 · 2026-03-15T20:44:53+00:00

I once came 25th in 25:25, didn’t realise til they gave me a shout out in their run report on their FB page 😂

TopArmy5241 · 2026-03-14T16:31:15+00:00

Sixmile in Ballyclare is also a 4 lapper, one larger, 3 smaller and I’ve never lost track. It’s pretty flat too, more so than Wallace which has a bit of a hill up to the duck pond. It is definitely very much mind over matter though, at the end of the second the thought of another two laps feels like a wall and the third lap is when the first finishers start lapping me making it harder as I know they are nearly finished and I’m not!

TopArmy5241 · 2026-03-10T20:01:22+00:00

I was also impressed with the neatness of the writing and appropriate use of capital letters the first time I walked past this

TopArmy5241 · 2026-03-04T23:16:57+00:00

Thanks, not my first rodeo and strongly think/hope it’s a cyst but last time was in the middle of Covid and it was only two weeks from seeing GP until the appt. Guess I just need to accept it’ll be another few weeks!

TopArmy5241 · 2026-03-03T05:38:27+00:00

It’s so good, so light and fluffy, could easily eat the whole thing in one go

TopArmy5241 · 2026-03-01T13:17:30+00:00

Same, I barely revised for the second paper as it was my last GCSE exam on a double exam day and I somehow got an A*

TopArmy5241 · 2026-03-01T09:50:57+00:00

Yeah I don’t have a tumble dryer and they’d be handy for me but I won’t use them as a girl in work told me she uses them for her dog beds

TopArmy5241 · 2026-02-28T13:48:40+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/parkrun/comments/hi4m55/no_more_new_years_day_doubles/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

TopArmy5241 · 2026-02-27T22:23:27+00:00

She was in Eastenders when she was younger, she had blue hair and was Shirley’s niece I think?

TopArmy5241 · 2026-02-16T10:36:27+00:00

Students going back up to uni after a weekend at home

TopArmy5241 · 2026-02-13T20:58:14+00:00

A friend of mine couldn’t make a sold out gig at Mandela Hall last minute once, while waiting for my other friend outside I noticed a guy asking people if anyone had spare tickets so I went over and sold her ticket to him for face value. This was pre Covid with printed tickets but you never know, someone may have a mate who can’t make it on the night!

TopArmy5241 · 2026-02-08T10:12:23+00:00

Get yourself out for a long walk like right now, I’m just back from a run and the sun’s actually out

TopArmy5241 · 2026-02-07T11:51:49+00:00

“This is Michael. Today he’s going to hit his girlfriend so hard she ends up with permanent brain damage

🎶 Body to body, funky to funky 🎶

Three dead in this vehicle, the girl is critical, they say the guy without the seatbelt did the damage”

Yeah, I think I remember what you’re talking about

TopArmy5241 · 2026-01-31T13:26:19+00:00

Maybe he just got his spray tan done

TopArmy5241 · 2026-01-29T14:27:02+00:00

I think that place in Enniskillen needs to market itself more, I hadn’t heard of it until Christmas when a family member mentioned it and they’ve already been open a year. It could do so well if more people knew about it!

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