Not a runner (yet?) but fairly familiar with Panshanger through dog walking and it seems fairly well drained, even in the slop of last winter/spring it was ok. Besides even the meads are mainly dry/not muddy at the moment.I'm a bit apprehensive about the mud, though.
As for the choice of park, it's definitely more fun and scenic to run round than Hartham, lots of variety, uphills and downhills, wooded and open areas. I'm sure people can survive without a toilet, if they can't there's always the concrete subway under the A414 you can duck into
Statistics:Posted by mdja — Wed 17 Sep, 2014 10:52 am
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I'm a bit apprehensive about the mud, though.
Not a runner (yet?) but fairly familiar with Panshanger through dog walking and it seems fairly well drained, even in the slop of last winter/spring it was ok. Besides even the meads are mainly dry/not muddy at the moment.Statistics:Posted by jackanapes — Thu 28 Aug, 2014 10:32 am
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I am not against a Park Run at Panshanger - on the contrary I think it's great having one virtually on my doorstep - but it's usual for there to be toilet facilities. I can't think of any other race I've done in the last 30 odd years where there hasn't been any. Remember some people will be driving to the event, men can go behind a tree, not sure the ladies will be too happy with that!
Statistics:Posted by muddy — Wed 27 Aug, 2014 6:47 pm
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As for winter - it gets extremely muddy! hmm!
Statistics:Posted by codek2 — Wed 27 Aug, 2014 10:14 am
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Regarding the lack of facilities at - remember what your mother used to say..."you should have gone before you came out"
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There is a lot of hope to get lafarge to commit to its agreement to sort out panshanger - i dont know if such facilities are on the plan. I imagine the issue would be the maintenance with them being out of the way. (Plus the added potential attraction of travellers which are already a problem in that thieves lane carpark)
Statistics:Posted by codek2 — Wed 27 Aug, 2014 7:38 am
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I've done a few park runs, Hinchinbrooke & Wimpole Hall in the last year. Had always hoped Hertford would start one, but didn't think of Panshanger - most other park runs have a cafe nearby with public toilets. How will the toilets issue be sorted out as there are no public facilities in or near Panshanger?
Statistics:Posted by muddy — Tue 26 Aug, 2014 7:50 pm
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Will appear on the parkrun site soon!
Dan
Statistics:Posted by codek2 — Mon 25 Aug, 2014 8:06 pm
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