Giants Head Marathon - June 2013

Hi all,

I am travelling down from Gloucester on my jack jones on Friday evening and was thinking about staying in the 'athletes village' !  Can anyone tell me where the field is ?  who I book with ? and is there anything nearby or going on on the Friday night as well as the Saturday night because I don't fancy sitting in a field on my own on the Friday night with a bowl of super noodles and a goat to converse with !

Christian we are in the bijou love nest from Thursday onwards.Fu Man the chief marshal is camping all week....hes going a bit Bear Grylls

firstly I think I'm going to have to sort out a little pasta and beer party the night before in the village hall

Im meeting the WI in the next couple of weeks.I'm sure we can blag some organic beef from one of the farms and pre race horse free spag bol for the night.

Dont worry about booking the field Im getting a list on the White Star website this week and we can get a party on.

The field is 7 acres unless your bringing a circus tent there will be loads of room.

FYI no goats sheep maybe, cows definitely 

STEVE TAYLOR 27 wrote (see)

You won't be on your own with a goat, coz my missus, son and I will be there too. Looks like the whole village is being invited to a barbecue there, and there'll probably be lots going on. We're coming down from Barnstaple for the run

I shall also be in the 'athletes village'.

goldbeetle wrote (see)

Christian we are in the bijou love nest from Thursday onwards.Fu Man the chief marshal is camping all week....hes going a bit Bear Grylls

firstly I think I'm going to have to sort out a little pasta and beer party the night before in the village hall

Im meeting the WI in the next couple of weeks.I'm sure we can blag some organic beef from one of the farms and pre race horse free spag bol for the night.

Dont worry about booking the field Im getting a list on the White Star website this week and we can get a party on.

The field is 7 acres unless your bringing a circus tent there will be loads of room.

FYI no goats sheep maybe, cows definitely 

I'm fine with my 2 man pop up tent so i'll be grand.... is there any news on showers for us planning on not stinking to high heaven?

Sheep AND cows? We're being gifted!

goldbeetle - what shoes would you recommend? trail or road?

All the cows are being taken out of the field in April. Chris uses the field for rearing his calf stock. That field is the nursery.He said from now on we can use it in June so all the cows will be moved on to pastures new.Its a dairy farm no baby cows will be hurt in the course of the race.

Em.

Showers yes we will have them. But at the moment Im searching for a place nearby to put them. A mate has offered to put them in her yard but they are at the other end of the village. Working on that one.Keep reminding me.

Hey  GB I sent you an e-mail via whitestar running, can't get on FB at work

Edited to say thank for the reply, and ok I will go with option 2

Right your on get entered and I will put a note on the spreadsheet?

Ok WI to speak to next,so.

For the pre race expo in the village hall how about Veg curry and rice for the grass eaters? & spag bol for the carnivores?

goldbeetle wrote (see)

For the pre race expo in the village hall how about Veg curry and rice for the grass eaters? & spag bol for the carnivores?

Anything for the special ones among us? I cant have anything with sugar or milk in it... I know it sounds stupid but the spag bol I was planning to cook tonight had it in there.

We will be cooking it so Spag....rice? Ive never put milk in a spag boll

Really? well this is Dorset not Milan. No milk.

Dear Steve, goldbeetle and Emmy H many thanks for the update.  Really looking forward to this now - looks like it could be a good laugh - will pop some Gloucester Brewery beers in the car to share out.  Ps I will eat anything and I love cows - just not inside my tent at 3am !

Good man steve we are hoping to have our ale brewed by our mates at Dorset Brewing company so will bring a few hundred bottles of it 

Hi Goldbeetle,

nice one I will bring my wallet and support your local brewing company.  I am only intending to bring a few of my local brews down for people to taste - not looking for a brewery takeover !.  looking forward to supporting Dorset local businesses.  A few hundred bottles ! don't tempt me the night before a run buddy otherwise the Saturday run might all go very wrong !

Christian we will cast a critical eye over any beer  they do amazing cider too and the Perry is first class

Discretion is the better part of valour. And running away is byfar the better part of discretion.  So, I will forgo the Athlete's Village and have reserved actual accommodation for the weekend.  A whole 100 metres or so from the start so no issues with festivity participation if such lightweight curmudgeonry is to be permitted?

Must absolutely not drink cider the night before! Two beers is my limit on a marathon eve.

I'm camping, I've even washed the sleeing bags. I'd better start doing some training then I guess.

I def won't be as prepared as I want to be but that's life.