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Jun 2009
5:30pm, 9 Jun 2009
88 posts
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CumbriAndy
Just found this on RW - thought people may be interested - sounds like good news to me
"Message from the Race Director:
Thank you all for your comments and suggestions following this year's Brathay Windermere Marathon. The comments highlighting the problems we encountered with car parking, access and egress from the site have been particularly useful. As a result we have reviewed our approach to car parking and have worked with Brathay's landowner to make improvements for 2010. The result is that we've developed a solution that uses a field adjacent to the Brathay Estate as the main event car park. This will greatly improve access and remove the conjestion created by cars leaving the event sharing the same section of road with runners completing the Marathon. We are confident that this alternative arrangement will resolve many of the problems encountered this year.
Thank you for your support of Brathay Hall Trust. The funds raised by this event go to improve the lives of some of the UK's most disadvantaged children and young people.
Best Wishes, Scott"
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Jun 2009
5:52pm, 9 Jun 2009
7,658 posts
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Velociraptor
That's excellent news 
We were planning to stay at Brathay Hall to avoid the parking issues, but might book accommodation elsewhere now.
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Jun 2009
8:56am, 10 Jun 2009
319 posts
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The Rentboy
Yep - Tremendous. We were thinking the same as you V'rap. The car park did get a bit messy at the end so fingers crossed for next year
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Jun 2009
12:37pm, 10 Jun 2009
361 posts
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ThorntonRunner
Excellent - to be honest it didn't take us as long to get out as at one time I feared it might - about half an hour, but this sounds like a much better solution.
btw - a friend who missed out on a medal got hers in the post a week or so back - I assume everyone who missed out has also received theirs?
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Jun 2009
2:15pm, 10 Jun 2009
325 posts
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The Rentboy
Er - Actually, i didn't miss out on a medal and also got another medal in the post! I now have an extra one so if anyone STILL doesn't have a medal fmail me and i will send you my extra one - Very nice medal too.
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Jun 2009
12:46am, 11 Jun 2009
118 posts
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southcoastpete
I got my medal a week or so ago.
Now hanging proudly with my other marathon medals.
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Jun 2009
12:00pm, 11 Jun 2009
523 posts
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R4R
Good news about the parking - I was thinking of parking about a mile away from the site next year, and walking to and from the car
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Jun 2009
10:20pm, 11 Jun 2009
7,697 posts
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Velociraptor
Quite difficult to park one mile away in either direction without an Ambleside residents' permit
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Jun 2009
11:14pm, 11 Jun 2009
120 posts
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southcoastpete
Well I was staying at Ambleside YHA, so got a cab with some other runners to the start.
I just walked back after the race
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Jun 2009
11:14am, 12 Jun 2009
7,707 posts
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Velociraptor
We'll probably take our chance with the parking next year, and stay somewhere a bit less expensive than Brathay Hall, although the accommodation there is very good
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