We picked up the race number on the Saturday which was fairly easy.  

On race day we left early (the guide suggested getting there three hours before the start!), but we didn't have too many problems getting in with a short queue around two hours beforehand.  Parking up was relatively easy and quite close to the start area. 

There were a reasonable amount of toilets.  Well done for having some urinals, which meant that men weren't blocking up the individual cubicles, wish more races did this.  The coffee queues weren't too bad.

It was nice to be able to see the full marathon get away, and shortly after we went into the field for the warm-up for the half.  The start was very well done, with clear instructions on which flag to go behind for estimated finish times.  There wasn't a long wait between waves.  

The route itself was very scenic, part trail and part paved, with no traffic, through the New Forest.  We didn't cross with other waves very much, but were overtaken by the 10k leaders (with bike) at one point.  

There were some 3-4 feed stations on the course, some of which had energy drinks in cups.  There were permenant toilets about a mile into the race (at a campsite), around halfway (permenant national park toilets, but the gents was like the one in Trainspotting by the time we got there) and some more campsite ones near the end (for the half only).  

Near the end the HM course split off from the other three distances, for a seemingly neverending loop around the outside of the finish area.  This was hard, but at least I somehow managed to keep my pace high as I thought we must be there soon!  It's a nice, well supported finish area.  

The finish area was fairly efficient, with medals, drinks and a banana.  The goody bad wasn't much at all, a few vouchers for local sports discounts, and small tablets which I haven't investigated yet. 

There were plenty of bars and food outlets, some live music, but it there was a fairly cold wind by this time so we didn't linger too long;  it would have been lovely on a sunny afternoon.

This brings us to the worst part of the afternoon, getting away from the car park.  It was very busy and slightly chaotic, and it took us at least an hour to get back to nearby Lyndhurst;  it would have been a lot longer, except that we were parked quite close to the exit side of the field.  A bit more organisation, and potentially extra exits might help, though I'm not sure how much could be done as it's just the one main road on that side.

All in all, it's a lovely race, just the leaving parking wasn't great.  Would consider doing again, but might camp on site or nearby, use the train/bus shuttle, or bring a bike to ride from nearby accommodation.