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Fizz :-) Jun 2021 3:12pm, 10 Jun 2021 5,813 posts	Quote Pin Fizz :-) Well, given that their permission appears to have been conditional on the full release (otherwise they would have said yes for the 5th), then if we don’t get full release the permission would be revoked. I assume. Regardless of whether that’s logical or not.
Spideog Jun 2021 3:13pm, 10 Jun 2021 1,132 posts	Quote Pin Spideog Gateshead council just tweeted a statement from their public health directors covering Tyneside, Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, Northumberland and Sunderland saying that they were approving parkruns return. parkrun have yet to tweet which events this will cover, but would suggest that all remaining North East ones would now be good to go, unless there are any on private land.
Hunkyteddy Jun 2021 3:45pm, 10 Jun 2021 914 posts	Quote Pin Hunkyteddy It's going down to the wire, this. Whatever happens there has been a lot of permissions in the 'problem' areas over this last week to get us over the line. I'm optimistic, though I wouldn't be surprised if it went the other way.
Hunkyteddy Jun 2021 3:55pm, 10 Jun 2021 915 posts	Quote Pin Hunkyteddy Theatre and live music to resume in Northern Ireland from the 21st..parkrun 5 days later?
hellywobs Jun 2021 4:17pm, 10 Jun 2021 11 posts	Quote Pin hellywobs I wonder what the situation is like in the winter when a lot of parkruns don't happen because they're waterlogged etc. I realise there will be fewer people wanting to go if the weather is rubbish, but it struck me that there must be days when there are around 80% of parkruns open. And yes there are parkrun die-hards like me who would have carried on going right through the pandemic except perhaps in January, but there will be lots of people who've fallen out of the habit and I wonder really whether the events will be overwhelmed.
larkim Jun 2021 4:30pm, 10 Jun 2021 14,713 posts	Quote Pin larkim That's definitely one scenario, but I think a stormy, snowy winter Saturday morning is going to be generally pretty less appealing than a summers morning after 15 months without parkrun and a lot of media noise about the reopening. It could all be a huge damp squib; attendances could be at 50% at all events when they start. But equally they could be at 150% at all events even with as many as possible open.
Spideog Jun 2021 4:31pm, 10 Jun 2021 1,133 posts	Quote Pin Spideog All NI parkruns have approval from landowners: twitter.com
Battlecat Jun 2021 4:32pm, 10 Jun 2021 5,792 posts	Quote Pin Battlecat When junior parkrun restarted there was only one anywhere near that got permission. They usually get around 20 kids, all the others are closer to the 100 mark. The attendance was normal and they had hardly any tourists. I don't know how many 11-14 year olds there are at the events though who couldn't run who would normally.
Kanajlo Jun 2021 4:35pm, 10 Jun 2021 194 posts	Quote Pin Kanajlo On one winter's day in 2018 there were around 80% of UK parkruns closed. Of the remaining 97 parkruns only two set new attendance records. And yes there are parkrun die-hards like me who that morning caught three trains and a tram across four counties to visit their nearest open parkrun.
Spideog Jun 2021 5:36pm, 10 Jun 2021 1,134 posts	Quote Pin Spideog Another flurry of permissions coming in now covering most of the gaps in every region. Won't be quite a full set in London, but think it will be enough now for parkrun to say yes. Then it's down to who changes their mind on Tuesday.