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For those interested in The London Marathon

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OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 10 Apr 2014 13:27

The annual London Marathon takes place this weekend on Sunday 13 April. It is one of the largest mass-participation events in the world, with more than 35,000 people taking part each year, as well as attracting thousands of spectators along the route.

The route runs from Greenwich to The Mall via Charlton, Woolwich, Deptford, Rotherhithe, Bermondsey, Wapping, Shadwell, the Isle of Dogs, Poplar, Tower Hill, Embankment and Westminster.

Links for details of the route and travel disruption can be found here:-

http://info.tfl.gov.uk/re?l=D0I9xpq87I2vblmheIp

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 10 Apr 2014 14:11

A nightmare on the streets of South London. Certain parts of completely cut off.

I always worried about my mother when she was alive, because if anything had happened and she (and many other elderly people) needed an ambulance how in earth would one get to her. She lived on the actual route.

I live just off, never make plans for the day of the marathon as unless I go out at around 6am and do not come home until late in the afternoon, I am stuck......

Yes it is great to watch on the telly, and I worked for the very first sponsors way way back (ADT) but I do not think I would miss it.....

Researching:
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!

Graham

Graham Report 10 Apr 2014 16:22

It's a good way of raising funds for good causes :-)

ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom

ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom Report 10 Apr 2014 17:51

My cousin is running it for he first time, and hubby is working there taking up a BBC camera man up in his cherry picker. :-D

cuzzy is running for Age UK