(by Bruce Unwin, Northern Echo, 21st July 2025)
More than 40 Freemasons, plus friends, and families from the Province of Durham joining the global Parkrun movement across two continents.
In the “headline” event members travelled to North Yorkshire for the 500th Fountains Abbey Parkrun, uniting with fellow Freemasons from the Province of Yorkshire North and West Riding.
The ruins of the Cistercian order monastery near Ripon provided a spectacular backdrop for the event.
Meanwhile, a few hours earlier, 64-year-old Durham Freemason Paul Lister laced up his trainers in Brisbane, in the Australian state of Queensland, for one of six Parkruns he aims to complete while…
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The ruins of the Cistercian order monastery near Ripon provided a spectacular backdrop for the event.
Meanwhile, a few hours earlier, 64-year-old Durham Freemason Paul Lister laced up his trainers in Brisbane, in the Australian state of Queensland, for one of six Parkruns he aims to complete while…
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