I'm a race organiser. The vast % of the local residents around Witton are very amenable to the events that we stage there.
I think we demonstrate our respect for the residents as we leaflet them in advance to warn them of potential disruption on days such as the Northerns.
They actually have a problem with the 10 Day Easter Fair and regular Circus that comes as they take up the Car Park, and no other Parking is provided, ensuring that the main road is double parked for the duration.
Often in the evenings the visiting public are what you might call pond life as well
We adopt a simlar stance around Edisford Bridge when we have the roads closed for a couple of hours for the RV10K at Xmas.
That doesn't mean to say that 100% will ever be satisfied. You always have the nimbies.
I get the impression that Wynn has a good relationship with the locals, and as has been mentioned, the race brings valuable income to the Valley and once a year I am sure that the vast % of the locals are in support or at the very least tolerant.
We have a Race Limit at RV10K - it's a permitted Road Race and we have been able to raise the limit in the last few years since we went traffic free.
The main issue with raising it further is Car Parking.
We have to have a limit due to the permit - but in reality it could have been without a published limit as we have never reached our limit.
The Cross Country events do not have a limit.
Wynn did not say unlimited - merely that there was no limit.
That is in line with many races on Fell and Cross Country - and the main reason that they do not have a limit, is because they have not reached a point where they have had a problem.
If they do have a problem in the future, which is more likely to come from traffic management issues than anything else, then they will have to reassess this in their risk assessment and perhaps publish a limit.
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