parkrun thread

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Oct 2019
8:11pm, 19 Oct 2019
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ndellar
At Stratford the council give us volunteers passes valid from 7.45-10.30 only on Saturdays in the specific car park next to the rec (parking is a nightmare in Stratford). The volunteers get given the pass when they check in and return the pass when they leave.
Oct 2019
8:27pm, 19 Oct 2019
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Velociraptor
The RD takes the volunteers' car registration numbers, Linds, and presumably has a way of clearing them with the parking meter system.
Oct 2019
8:43pm, 19 Oct 2019
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LindsD
Thanks. That's interesting.
Oct 2019
9:24pm, 19 Oct 2019
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Fragile Do Not Bend
Bedgebury also gives volunteers free parking. I know the car park there works by numberplate recognition - the machines don’t give you a ticket to display, you pay and tell the machine your reg number. So I’m guessing the parkrun supplies a list of reg numbers to the car park company.
Oct 2019
9:29pm, 19 Oct 2019
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Fragile Do Not Bend
I bet it helps them fill the volunteer roster, I know if I go there again I’m going to bring my husband along and talk him into volunteering (they didn’t have free volunteer parking when I went before).
Oct 2019
10:10pm, 19 Oct 2019
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CumbriAndy
We have free volunteer parking at Fell Foot - the RD hands the volunteers who need one (most regulars are NT members who also park for free) a dated token to display on their dashboard.

Sad to miss our fifth birthday today but family commitments meant I had a chance to tourist at Oakwell Hall near Bradford - nice, if somewhat lumpy, route on good trails through the woods with a very welcoming team.
Oct 2019
11:02pm, 19 Oct 2019
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tommy_b
Bevendean Down is near Brighton’s stadium and on match days it’s resident permits. The parkrun have permission for people to park if they are displaying a printed barcode until mid morning or so.

Very small numbers but a similar CPZ scenario and one that I imagine is quite bespoke.
Oct 2019
8:18am, 20 Oct 2019
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TeeBee
From memory Osterley did that (it's a NT property).
Oct 2019
11:51am, 21 Oct 2019
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edison
Been offline for a bit and not scrolling right back, but has the partnership with Mini been discussed? Apologies if it has.
Oct 2019
12:19pm, 21 Oct 2019
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LindsD
What? I knew nothing. I'm speechless.

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Maintained by Hendo
A discussion of all things parkrun.

Here's a wiki giving brief reviews of parkruns up and down the land:

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