Cheltenham Festival
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king busy as usual with people pissing in the street & it'll rain. Also there'll be your token Irishman who's lost everything begging for a ticket back to Ireland outside M&S.
Getting back to Cheltenhamshire after visiting clients is a nightmare this week, as it always is in Gold Cup week, so I don't bother scheduling any work. Police are drafted in from all over the place, roads are made one-way or closed at whim, and the polite (well, there can be a first time) ossifers don't have a clue what the diversions are, if they exist at all, and object to being asked. Living within a horse's nosebag of Prestbury Park but not being a fan of National Hunt Racing means it's a great week to spend somewhere else - but tens of thousands of Guinness swilling punters and loads of horsey types make it a grand week for the local economy, so carry on steeplechasing but I'm off this evening.
rfn said:
I have to be in Cheltenham for 9am on Wednesday... I normally leave Birmingham at 7.30 and just about get there for 9 - is there likely to be lots more traffic that early in the morning?
Do you usually leave the M5 at J10? The very best of luck
One advantage of crawling along after getting past the exit slip will be plenty of time to study the relatively new Spyker, Koenigsegg and Zagato dealer opposite Cotswold BMW. There might even be staff in it this week, there's been a sign on the door inviting potential punters across the dual carriageway to the Bentley dealership (Broughtons, former TVR) which owns the place. Nice machinery will be parked outside there on the grass verge too, if the past is anything to go by.
Traffic is always mental but as the town is small it doesn't take that long to get places, you just need to know the backroads as all the non-locals stick to the sign posted horsey route.
The Bentley dealer has a Pagani Zonda in Silver & black, a couple of Spykers, a Koeniggsegg, Fezza's & Lambo + all the Astons & Bentley's you can shake a sick at.
The Bentley dealer has a Pagani Zonda in Silver & black, a couple of Spykers, a Koeniggsegg, Fezza's & Lambo + all the Astons & Bentley's you can shake a sick at.
jimbouk said:
My daughter was born at Cheltenham maternity this morning, not looking forward to battling the traffic over the next few days, not visiting is not an option!
Stay on Suffolk road going towards to hospital you should be ok that's assuming you've come from GCHQ donut way.o/t Got any marketing jobs going in property?
satch said:
well, mine didn;t show either, neither 1st or 2nd were on my radar.
20 runners it is a lottery I suppose at times - there are only a few real bankers I reckon, Binocular, Twist Magic, Kasbah Bliss and L'ami.
but again they're not machines and anything can happen.
Kauto Star was 3-1 on the exchanges last night, has to be worth a few quid.
I'm already well invested in Kauto Star. I never bet ante post, but I couldn't resist the prices on KS a while ago.20 runners it is a lottery I suppose at times - there are only a few real bankers I reckon, Binocular, Twist Magic, Kasbah Bliss and L'ami.
but again they're not machines and anything can happen.
Kauto Star was 3-1 on the exchanges last night, has to be worth a few quid.
Vinny very disappointing but there's plenty of time to get it back. I saw Binocular riding work at Kempton recently and he didn't look that great to my untrained eyes but the trainer sounds happy enough with him. Still undecided about backing him.
I'm looking forward to the stories that always seem to do the rounds after the Races.
Some of the more typical ones:
A man won so much money that he couldn't fit it all in his pockets and got robbed of it all when passed out drunk. Another variation is he kept the money in a carrier bag that got lost/stolen.
Someone put on a £500,000 bet and lost the lot.
Someone with £20 multiplier wins several hundered grand.
Some of the more typical ones:
A man won so much money that he couldn't fit it all in his pockets and got robbed of it all when passed out drunk. Another variation is he kept the money in a carrier bag that got lost/stolen.
Someone put on a £500,000 bet and lost the lot.
Someone with £20 multiplier wins several hundered grand.
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