Walk for all

[Rob Furness]

Anyone else see this event advertised?

A marathon walk round Yorkshire for £25. Just highlights to me the value of LDWA events. Trollers trot recently wasn't far away from the area being used and cost a tenner I think.

I'm not in anyway intending to criticise Mike Tomlinson or any of them for that matter, I have a great respect for the late Jane Tomlinson (being from Leeds myself as well) and I've run a few of the run for all events in the past. I just found the comparison interesting. That said, the shorter events are cheaper and the cost of the marathon walk is still cheaper than the Leeds 10k

[Chris]

That does seem expensive! Not sure how much the Leeds 10k is but i'm sure they charge £40 for the Manchester one.
I'm just starting to organise an event, its a linear route along Wenlock Edge in Shropshire all off road for 17.5 miles. I intend to put on busses from the finish point to the start so that participants can make their own way back in their own time and a bit of soup etc at the finish. I'm trying to keep the cost down for people and am thinking it will be £10-£12 does this seem reasonable?

[Mike T]

The Jane Tomlinson Walk For All is clearly a fund raising event, rather than a cover-the-costs event or a make-a-profit-from-it event - we need to distinguish clearly between these. The organizers of the Jane Tomlinson event do seem to be trying very hard to make it an enjoyable day and value for money.

[karen nash]

couldn't agree more
Anyone doing Blubberhouses 25 on April 3rd? LDWA 7 quid

[andy k]

Chris
seems very reasonable to me.
When will it be ?

[Chris]

23rd October, having a meeting on Wed to discuss things like cost, refreshments etc so hope to have more details later in the week.
Cheers Chris