Kingsbridge 2014

This last weekend saw another excellent Kingsbridge Running Day. The weather was great and the event was extremely popular with both enthusiasts and the general public alike. The few photos below give a flavour of the event and show just how busy it was.

With such large crowds and a lot of buses coming and going alongside the regular bus services which use the bus station, it took a lot of work to keep things moving and the crew of volunteers did an excellent job. When you see such a well run operation in progress you really do appreciate the amount of hard work which goes into putting an event like this on.
A special thank you also to the drivers who managed to get their buses down some incredibly narrow lanes - just one of the things which make this event so special.
I will have a few more photos from the day over the next week.
I know where I will be on the 19th September 2015!

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