Ouch, that's pretty steep. DR do a £12.50 special, which gets you in, a beer and a burger. Extra for the posh lounges, but I'm happy track side with the great unwashed! 😁 It’s the May meeting so it’s priced accordingly. Derby & Oaks trials so decent racing. Such a unique track. Definitely worth...

:tup: thanks, Jay; again, it's hard to gauge from the pictures. I was telling Leon I do the same at Down Royal. Take the dog out for a walk then find a vantage point for a free bit of racing. I also pay in on many occasions, just to dispel any notions that I'm a tight git!! Don’t blame you. Lots of...

No worries, Jay, so were you 3-4 furlongs out? That bend were looking down on is about 2 furlongs out Nick. That’s where they start the 2m2f Chester Cup. The track is a mile in circumference. So the 5 furlong start is directly the other side of the track from where we were on the wall. Permanently ...

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Where are you in relation to the finishing post, Jay, it's a little hard to make out from the pics? Sorry Nick didn’t see this. So in the top pic the finishing post is towards the end of the grandstand on the right as below in red. The bottom pic is looking the other way at the final bend. IMG_9135...

1964white wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 4:13 pm We've had no rain which is a blessing, can't be that cold as I worn my shorts all week.

Nice one.
Glad you had some sun at last

1964white wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 4:15 pm Can you see the races all round the course from up on the wall, Jay?

Yes Leon. Well virtually all of it.
Really interesting place to watch tbh.

Last race today.

Was a totally freak accident. Course is very safe according to Gosden.

1964white wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 1:01 pm Still in sunny Suffolk, my god the wind blows here!

Thank you, Jay

Yes it can be a bit breezy, especially on the coast.
Lovely up north

Happy Birthday Leon. Have a great day
Nice day for it if you’re still in Suffolk

Anything under 5 hours would be ok by me at my age, no PBs or anything as I've never been a runner, back in t' day, I would piss it with a 45lb bergen on my back. One things for sure, I'm gonna have a good drink afterwards and hopefully will be celebrating a United win. :tup: Good luck. Let us know...

The Subhuman wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 6:21 pm Nice mug shot

Thanks. I put a lot of effort in to it.

There is a good YouTube spoof video involving the impressionist who does footballers doing a Farke interview. Lots of “unbelievably hard” euphemisms. I cannot link on this device. Darren Farley. I saw it. He was asked to rank the players after Southampton. Of course he says w**k so you can guess th...

White Riot wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 4:13 pm Sounds like a barrel of laughs Jay

Marathons were much better then Snickers, that's like calling football soccer

No. Not really

I've been putting plenty miles on t'clock, but plenty drinks as well :roll: which is foolish. My mate A, was doing the marathon but knocked it down to half because of injuries through football and kickboxing, wise move. I have a few old wounds that are hampering me but I'm going for it. Well good l...

I wondered if a pink mug would result in a namby pamby wishy washy tea.
No it makes no difference. Same with a football player. I mean some of them wear gloves & hairbands…

Proper nectar that stuff MC :love: Good luck with the marathon mate, I hope you break the world record 💪 Done a few half marathons but never a full Snickers. You can get away with just doing some 10k runs for a half but for a full one a friend of mine was doing 20 mile training runs and gave up dri...

They are far worse & vicious in St Ives, Cornwall, Jay. A major problem down there! We had 5 black back gulls in the garden yesterday as I’d thrown some apple peelings on the lawn. They are big birds close up but never seen them actually land before. Have thousands of urban gulls round here. An...

Look out for Tom Seagull the chip thief