OK, so it had to happen sometime: a council taking a punt at the ever-growing parkrun brigade.
I am sure most of you will have seen the story in this week's national news.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-36041059
Stoke Gifford Parish Council (Bristol) miffed at the alleged accelerated-destruction being caused to their tarmac paths.
Lots of commentary on FB as well. Will be interesting to see developments out of this.
Official parkrun response here:
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/news/2016/...arkrun-update/
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Good to see you there Ian. You certainly looked (maybe too) warmed up when I spotted you. It's a great route. The hills, even though not big, really make it interesting. 1st in categorie for you, nice one.
A few at the pointy end managed to go the wrong route at the bottom of the first descent on the 2nd lap. They turned left, instead of right. I wondered why the speedy First Lady passed me twice. She Still beat me by 15 seconds. Not a good run today for me. Love the Parkrun though.
Some of you guys would enjoy the Witton one.
It's probably about 75% trail and has just over 200ft of climb per lap on a two lap route.
A couple of months ago I ran down there, did 2 laps warm up, 2 laps in the Parkrun and then a lap to finish off after and clocked up 7.8 miles and 1040ft.
Richard Taylor
"William Tell could take an apple off your head. Taylor could take out a processed pea."
Sid Waddell
Is that the famous East Lancs mountain running venue Witton?
Poacher turned game-keeper
Do the cable cars run in "summer"?
Poacher turned game-keeper