According to my neighbour some off king street is blocked off and closed by police

anybody know whats happened?

the liverpool marathon is running through wallasey and new brighton between 9.30 and 4 today

ohh that explains it thank u very much

been down to king street to watch the marathon i carnt believe the amount of people complaining that they carnt get drive on the road this old man was moaning there were no buses to later on this marathon is done for good corses people want to get a life

Got a mate running this marathon who I've sponsored, hope he makes it to the end lol, good luck Kev.

i was taiking my mum to work this morning at 8:15 and all the roads where blocked, i had to drive along the prom to by seacombe ferry, and on the way back, i just had to drive over the cones in the road blocking my way.

How dare people run for charity!

SO HE SHOULD MOAN< ROADS are for cars ffs!

How right you are, and the run is after all to ensure the charity bosses have nice new cars.

Don't you put your caps on at me sunshine!!

Its only an afternoon. Such a fuss!!

Silverback, so you dont agree with charities then!! what about help for heroes

The military personnel that get butchered and damaged at the behest of governments shouldn't have to rely on charitable donations for their welfare needs.

By rattling the tins you are absolving the criminally greedy governments of the need to look after them.

Charitable donations, amongst other things, are a stealth tax, enabling the treasury to not need to raise taxes to cover whatever.

I have to say, it's not like it wasn't publicised, even though it wasn't publicised that well. I didn't realise I'd be stuck in all day because my road would be blocked off until I saw a post on here. I daresay if I needed to get out urgently (to go to the hospital for example) I'd have been allowed to do so.

It was one day. The same people moan about the Prom Stages Rally too but it was for a good cause so it's not the end of the world.

I watched everyone from the bottom of my road, I had a friend running in it. I made some of them giggle by calling them show offs but it was taken light heartedly and gave them a bit of a spur on. Fair play to them I say. If I could have done it, I would.

As for the tin foil hat brigade* - that's as maybe but I'd still rather give to charity than for my chosen charities beneficiaries to go without. A lot of my Armed Forces mates would say the same too. I'm not here to debate the politics of it, I just do what I feel is right.


*I used to have a friend that was one of these - drove me insane. More conspiracy theories than John Le Carre!

Something like the national lottery then

i did it. And got some people to sponsor me and will be giving £800 to claire house.

I agree with what you're saying but unfortunately, if we don't give anything then these causes will totally go without. I think the best way is to give to the causes that need it most AND demand that the government pay more in future. If the rich paid their tax then there wouldn't be the need for most charities...

Wench, so at least you agree it was in a good cause, the road closure lasted 4 hours, never hear people complain about the egg run ( another good cause )

Hell yes Alann! I'm not able to get out much anyway so it didn't affect me really. It's not like it's every weekend so I don't see the problem. My ex's parents live on Melling Road and every year they go through the same when the Grand National is on. They generally either go away that week, leave the house early if they need to go anywhere or stay in.

I guess some people just need something to moan about or they're not happy