TRURO RUNNING CLUB’S
BROWN WILLY RUN
Under UK Athletics Rules SEAA Multi-Terrain Permit
New Year's Day
11:00 a.m. on 1st January 2011
at the Jamaica Inn, Bolventor, Bodmin Moor (Just off A30)
The
Brown Willy Run will start from Jamaica Inn at 11.00 on New Year's Day,
organised by Truro Running Club. It remains the definitive hangover cure!
Entries are only accepted on the day. Entry is free, but we do ask you to
consider making a generous charitable donation in our collection box. Money
raised will be split between the Cornwall Search and Rescue Team, who will be
out on the moor looking after us on the day, and Cornwall Hospice Care.
Please sign in between 09.30 and 11.00, and sign out when you've finished, so
that we don't end up sending a rescue party out to look for you.
For
those not familiar with the event, it’s a well signed informal run (not a
race unless you want to make it one) of about 7 miles, mostly on open
moorland, which may be wet, slippery, boggy or frozen, and it’s steep in
places. Even when it doesn’t feel too cold at Jamaica Inn, it may be
freezing and blowing a hooly on the top of Brown Willy. Please come
appropriately clothed and shod. Although it’s for all standards of runner,
it is
for runners, not
strollers, and we will slowly start to dismantle the course from the top of
Brown Willy at about 12.00, following the last runners back to Jamaica Inn
by about 13.00.
Please treat the moor with respect. Please take litter home. Anyone running
with a dog should keep it on a lead, as there may be livestock out. When you
get back to Jamaica Inn, please show your thanks to our generous hosts by
taking off muddy kit before coming in to enjoy a restorative tipple by the
crackling log fire in the bar, where you can exchange reminiscences with
fellow runners.
Please use the main car park at the Jamaica Inn. There is a large overflow car park adjacent.
Please register before the run by filling out your name and emergency contact number, then tick the ‘Out’ box, and on your return, please just tick the ‘Back’ box, so that we know you’re safe.
The bar and restaurant are open at the Jamaica Inn. Morning coffee, snacks and full lunches available.
The facilities are limited. There are ladies and gents wc’s but NO showers or changing rooms. Be Brave – just strip off in the car park. The rain will wash you and the wind will dry you in no time.
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year, which is bound
to get off to a perfect start if you join us on the Brown Willy Run.
The Brown Willy Run is NOT a race. However, being first to the summit and back is usually hotly contested. Remember always that your health and safety is the most important thing. Take care of yourself and your fellow runners. The emphasis is on a no formalities social run in an unique environment. Good fun and good company to start the New Year.
We are permitted to have access to the land by the kindness of the landowner, the Commoners and the tenant farmers. Please be respectful of this consideration so that we can continue to Benefit in the future. We are also grateful to the St. John personnel who will be in attendance.
We look forward to your company and hope you enjoy your day. Contact Richard Willson on 01726 883460 for further information.