07-11-2019, 11:53 AM
As organiser of the Cumbria and Pennine Runs I am taking a keen interest in this thread. It could make my life very much easier if all I need to do is inform 30 A7 owners by email to gather at Grange over Sands on a date to be arranged next May!
As it is I apply for a Cert of Exemption through the PWA7C. I had a minor bollocking a couple of years ago when I submitted the Pennine Run route to the Route Liaison officers using extracts of a 3 miles to the inch atlas. They insisted that the route had to be on a 1: 50,000 (1 1/4" to 1 mile) format. With a two day run of 300 miles that would involve something like a roll of wallpaper. Their argument was that they needed to see the most minute details of the route. Fair comment, but the route is only a guide, entrants can alter it as they see fit. I pointed out to the RLO's that the route instructions could easily be condensed to a list of villages or towns to pass through, in which case I could not provide a definitive route for every entrant. In extremis the route could be simply a start and finish with suggested coffee and lunch stops, how easy would that be? What annoys me is the fact that over a thousand mountain bikers can descend on the village which I live in and race on the public roads ( they don't call it a race but it is timed, rather like the TT races) without any apparent regulation or PR work, then there are the convoys of tractors often carrying extra passengers, or driven by kids.
The Cumbria Run will go ahead next May one way or another!
As it is I apply for a Cert of Exemption through the PWA7C. I had a minor bollocking a couple of years ago when I submitted the Pennine Run route to the Route Liaison officers using extracts of a 3 miles to the inch atlas. They insisted that the route had to be on a 1: 50,000 (1 1/4" to 1 mile) format. With a two day run of 300 miles that would involve something like a roll of wallpaper. Their argument was that they needed to see the most minute details of the route. Fair comment, but the route is only a guide, entrants can alter it as they see fit. I pointed out to the RLO's that the route instructions could easily be condensed to a list of villages or towns to pass through, in which case I could not provide a definitive route for every entrant. In extremis the route could be simply a start and finish with suggested coffee and lunch stops, how easy would that be? What annoys me is the fact that over a thousand mountain bikers can descend on the village which I live in and race on the public roads ( they don't call it a race but it is timed, rather like the TT races) without any apparent regulation or PR work, then there are the convoys of tractors often carrying extra passengers, or driven by kids.
The Cumbria Run will go ahead next May one way or another!