Edinburgh Landmarks Tour – Club Event
Edinburgh Landmarks Tour.
Sunday April 7th 2019
An Urban rat race around Edinburgh visting some of the iconic landmarks the nations capital has to offer. Teams of between 1 to 5 people will compete against the clock to visit as many of the 15 checkpoints as possible and returning to the Salisbury arms in under the alloted time of 3 hours.
Runners can also choose to use public transport if they think they will struggle to run for 3 hours which will open the race up to everyone including the juniors
I.e. a team of 2 adults and up to 3 children can purchase a family day travel ticket for £8:50, they can then run from the start to the castle, then run through the gardens to catch a tram to Murryfield, run across to the zoo then catch the bus down to the Royal Yacht etc.
Competing teams will have to take a selfie of themselves outside each checkpoint to prove they have been there.
Hopefully we will all finish in the beer garden of the Salisbury Arms by 12 where the teams will upload the selfies to the club FB page. The team adjudged to have the best pictures by the attending committee members will be declared the winner and collect their financial rewards.
Timings
08:45 – Safety Brief and Declaration that you’re happy to run at your own risk.
08:55 – Final mad panic getting everything ready.
09:00 – Race Start. Outside the Common Wealth Pool
12:00 – Race finish inside the beer garden of the Salisbury Arms.
Entry Fee:
Any item of Baby Products, new and unused. i.e: Baby Shampoo – Lotion – Oil – Nappies etc, etc which will be donated to the local Edinburgh Food bank situated in Broomhouse.
Checkpoints
- Royal Botanical Gardens
- Dynamic Earth
- Royal Observatory
- Edinburgh Castle
- Top of Arthurs Seat
- Edinburgh Zoo
- Scottish National Monument
- Any Coffee/Cake shop having cake/coffee/beer/ice cream etc etc
- Royal Yacht Britannia
- Murrayfield Stadium
- Any church at Holy Corner
- Scottish Parliament
- Statue of Greyfriars Bobby
- St Giles Cathedral
- The Grange, Scotlands National Cricket Ground.
Suggested Kit List
- Dress to run for the weather conditions on the day
- Mobile Phone that takes selfies
- Money For Bus tickets Optional
- Lothian Buses day Tickets – Adult £4 – Child £2 – Family £8:50
Any questions please feel free to get in touch with me either through Social Media outlets Andrew Corrigan or email me at muddysox@outlook.com.