24 JANUARY 2026 - THE RETURN TRIP COMMENCES! - CAN ALL OUR FRIENDSHIP BATON MATES GET IT BACK TO HOBART? Where will it travel to on the homeward bound journey? How many more kilometers? How many days? How many park runs? How many countries? Total friendship baton travel: 21,655km Montrose, SCOTLAND to Montrose TASMANIA: 80 days, 17,437km (plus excursions) to go
THE FRIENDSHIP BATON IS ON THE MOVE!
After the friendship baton has been missing for 107 days, Jamie at Montrose Park Run in Scotland has tracked it down, hopefully we hear from the custodian soon.
Welcome to Montrose Foreshore Park Run, located near Hobart in Tasmania, Australia. The aim of this event is to physically take this friendship baton from our friends at one park run to our friends at another, with the goal of getting the baton to Montrose Park Run in Scotland. Then return the baton to Montrose Foreshore Park Run in Tasmania. Hopefully by the most adventurous route possible.
At each waypoint, we would like you to take a photo at the park run where you have taken the baton. Send it here by using the web address or scanning the QR code on the baton and emailing this page with your photo(s) and we will post the adventures of our friendship baton. How many different park runs will the baton visit? How many countries will it visit? Let's hope the chain isn't broken and/or the baton gets lost.
Montrose Foreshore Park Run - Near Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
EMAIL FROM JAMIE AT MONTROSE PARK RUN, SCOTLAND SATURDAY 8 AUGUST 2026 Hi John, The baton is on the move! I finally managed to track it down to Mississauga Canada, where it ended up after it left Cassiobury. The guy who had it took it to Meadowvale parkrun in Mississauga last Saturday and gave it to someone who is bringing it back to the UK! So hopefully we will have more news very soon.