I’ve mentioned before that we live in Cheltenham, a Cotswold Spa town, famous for its Regency architecture, amongst a few other things, one of which being horse racing.
Specifically the National Hunt, pinnacle, the Cheltenham Gold Cup…
…when seemingly millions of Irish race-goers descend upon Cheltenham, armed with pots of cash, a copy of the Racing Post and a selection of ‘can’t fail to win’ tips!
This creates a fantastic atmosphere, and a huge economic boost. A great time to live here…until you want to drive somewhere. Oh, almost forgot…happy St Patrick’s Day!
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Shanks’s Pony seems a very appropriate way to travel around Cheltenham this week!
Having just looked this up to find out what on earth you were talking about (!) I’d have to agree
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