MarathonDay 18, Saturday 2nd April - Brighton, Hove Park

A totally different day for us today. Other than watching the start, we would see nothing of Andy's marathon.
He started his run by participating in an organised 5k fun run around the park. There were about 250 runners who were in awe of him, oohing and aahing as he was introduced in the pre-race briefing.

WLR Member Martin Reilly with Andy before the start

The race begins -Andy is keeping out of trouble (and almost out of sight)
- spot him if you can!

The race started and we commenced our journey to Baker Barracks on Thorney Island, our RV location for the next 2 nights.
Ben Bentley, our ABF representative, shepherded us to the Barracks and made sure that appropriate facilities were available to us. That done, he returned to Brighton and left us to our own devices.
So the day was spent washing the RV, doing the laundry, general housekeeping and preparing dinner for everyone that evening.
So, an uneventful day rounded off with a dinner of stuffed chicken breast, new potatoes, carrots and broccoli and then to bed.

Benji's Blog
Hi son,
Uncle Andy is doing number 18 today, but daddy has gone ahead to the next one so that he can get things ready for everyone.
The army camp is very big and I got lost driving around it! Silly me!!
I know that you are going for a sleepover with mummy at Uncle Mel and Auntie Jeannie's today. I bet you play on the Wii and the DS a lot.
I know that you will be a good boy for mummy and I hope you have a lovely time.
See you later!!!
Daddy
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