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evening
have just entered - PSC & Jnr volunteering for marshal duties.
Congratulations, Cinders!
I agree about the asphyxiation - especially when the "jelly babies" turn out to be wine gums!
Hi guys, I am in this one too now and have got my number. Are we not all supposed to shout 118 118 or something at this point.
Doing the Dartford 10 I met a poor guy coming the other way who had to give up after about two miles. I couldn't resist pointing out that his race number 666 might have had something to do with it. I think he saw the funny side of it.
hi all
My number has turned up as well. I'm thinking about staying in Sandwich the night before the race - does anyone have any recommendations of hotels/b&bs?
ta
birdy
Then I'll be straight in there!
We have received a card from Royal Mail saying they have kept an entry for this race as enough postage wasn't paid - we won't be paying the extra so if you think it might be you then you need to resend your entry with the correct postage as soon as possible - Royal Mail will eventually return your entry to you!
Remember there will be NO entries on the day.
HI Birdy,
We don't know our local hotels that well, unfortunately. Are you driving or taking the train? If the train, then Ramsgate may be easier than Sandwich.
The Bell Hotel is in the middle of Sandwich and is where the officials stay when the open in on... So it will be quite posh I would Imagine
http://www.open-sandwich.co.uk/accommodation/hotels_inns.htm
http://www.open-sandwich.co.uk/accommodation/bed_breakfast.htm
http://www.visitsandwich.co.uk/accommodation/
Are three lists of places to stay. Hope this helps.
For Thanet you are probably best staying in Ramsgate, rather than Broadstairs or Margate as you will be closer in the morning...
http://www.visitthanet.co.uk/thedms.asp?dms=0&p1=aa&p2=stay
might help.
Cheers
djb
Cheers David
Three of us driving down so will take a look at your options. I think we stayed at the Bell last time so thanks for the link as I'd forgotten about that. Might do something a bit cheaper this year though!
ta
Birdy
David
It must have been somebody with a sense of humour who came up with the idea of a web address called open sandwich!
Hi all
Looking forward to this as part of FLM buildup. Any suggestion of how long it will take to drive to the start from the M25?
Keith
Thanks Scotty very helpful
K
I'd say 1 hour would usually do it on a Sunday morning, 1h20m to be safe, and give your self a bit of getting lost time
. There is also a 5-10 minute walk from parking to the race HQ.
Birdie Pie There is also a brand new Holiday Inn express. Located beside the Thanet way which opened this week. It is only about a 5-10 minute drive to race HQ.
For those of you with long memories it is based on the old Prospect Inn which was an art Deco style pub and is a listed building. It looks lovely !
Sorry I have tried and failed to do a link thingy but if you Google Express by Holiday Inn its called Kent International Airport Minster.
Ooooh....can't go wrong with holiday inn.
Kent international always makes me chortle...
Thanks Mark!
Birdy
It makes me chortle too. When I moved to Kent in 1993 I was told that Manston was going to be handling 1.5 million passengers a year by 2000. Oh yeah!
No complaints from me BP and CB about the lack of development at Kent International London Airport, as I live on the flight path
The delectable Mrs Foster, will you need me to Marshall or can I run, or is it too early to know? The reason I ask is because I know that I can't register on the day so I don't want to miss the deadline. (You can tell that I am the sort who turns up at the airport 5 hours before the departure!!!!!)
Cliff flatery will, it seems, get you anywhere well at least the chance to run in this race. The current Mrs F said you should be Ok to run so send in your entry.
Page 4 for this race?
I'd better hurry up and enter it...