PLYMOUTH is set to host a world first when it stages a fun run where everyone is dressed as a pirate. Organisers of Plymouth’s Pirates Weekend are aiming to attract 800 runners for the inaugural Pirates Fun Run this spring.
The event, scheduled for Sunday, May 19, follows in the footsteps of the successful Santa Fun Run, which returned last Christmas after a four year hiatus and brought 600 Father Christmases to the waterfront. Now the idea is to replicate the idea, but make it even bigger, and also raise cash for a good cause, in this case childhood bereavement charity Jeremiah’s Journey.
The fun run is also aimed at supporting waterfront businesses and the Plymouth Waterfront Partnership (PWP) is urging them to get involved. The PWP is extending the popular Pirates Weekend again this year after it brought 36,000 visitors to the area in 2023, over two days, and created £250,000 in “media value” exposure for the waterfront. This year the PWP is hoping to top 40,000 visitors.
This story is from the March 27, 2024 edition of The Herald.
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