The Friends of Mick n Phil Half Marathon

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Feb 2008 2:34pm, 16 Feb 2008 12 posts	I'm not in the local vicinity to offer suggestions, but has anyone looked at a local stately home - they often have large gardens or parkland that could be used to plot a route. The owners look at other ways to generate income for their property and may be happy to allow a race on their grounds. No problems with traffic, and it's bound to be much cheaper than a race-circuit.
Boingy Feb 2008 2:46pm, 16 Feb 2008 3,116 posts	Boingy Great idea Mushroom. A lot of the cancer research 10K's are in stately home locations, and have lots of runners, so certainly they have the space to do it.
BlueWombat Feb 2008 7:51pm, 20 Feb 2008 1,805 posts	BlueWombat any new news on this topic I wonder?
Marathon Lads Feb 2008 7:53pm, 20 Feb 2008 1,874 posts	Marathon Lads Nothing my end to report but then, i'm too busy with my brood here at home
Bob! Feb 2008 8:16pm, 20 Feb 2008 598 posts	Bob! Wasn't there a Fetchie a little while back who started a thread about some friends of hers who had a big house with lots of grounds in East Sussex, and they were considering staging a race?
fetcheveryone Feb 2008 8:19pm, 20 Feb 2008 2,332 posts	fetcheveryone Nothing at the moment, but it's still very much on the cards. Need to get a few things in place, and then we're good to go I think.
Homer Feb 2008 9:02pm, 20 Feb 2008 3,607 posts	Homer I remember that Bob! Who was it......
Black Cat Feb 2008 9:38am, 21 Feb 2008 564 posts	Black Cat SarahL
Treacle Feb 2008 9:44am, 21 Feb 2008 461 posts	Treacle yes - was definitely SarahL. Was just going to mention that!
Feb 2008 2:38pm, 21 Feb 2008 2,211 posts	I'll help on the day if it is somewhere I can easily get to on public transport with William. Ideally, something that the children could help me with e.g. medals, water...