# Sponsored runners return to parking fines

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/07/05/sponsored-runners-return-parking-fines/
- Published: 2004-07-05T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Runners in Sunday’s Race for Life sponsored run in Cambridge in aid of Cancer Research
UK returned to find their cars had incurred parking fines of £60 each.
According
to the Cambridge Evening News, about 20 vehicles in the car park next to The Boathouse
pub in Cambridge received £60 fines during the race. At least one runner raised 
less in sponsorship money than the fine.

The pub manager who handed out the fines pointed out that there were prominent signs
warning of fixed penalties for misuse of its parking spaces. However, he did agree
to donate half of the fines to Cancer Research UK.

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