Days at the races

[lizwilliams]

We spent Tuesday to Friday at the Cheltenham Festival - basically a good time was had by all, and it was well worth it to see Kauto Star come in at the Gold Cup. The Extraterrestrial indeed! Even if he did get distracted again. The lowest point was seeing Black Harry do a somersault yards from us: it is seriously disturbing to see racehorses go down, at any distance, but especially so close. I thought he'd broken his neck, but he got up again after a while, prompting a huge cheer from the stands. Glad that McCoy won on Wichita Lineman, however, as he appeared to be becoming increasingly suicidal as the festival progressed.

T won about 300 quid. We did some shopping, and caught up with my parents (not at the races) and the cleopand household - always a pleasure. On Friday afternoon, I drove down to Brighton for the writing workshop at the uni, which was also a pleasure - hello to any students reading this! And remember what I told you about matociquala's LJ.

Weirdest sight of the week: a fat squirrel in the Pavilion Gardens eating a lollipop, and holding the stick in its paws. Wish I'd had a camera.

Comments

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

I've learned to take my camera with me *everywhere*. :)

[seph-hazard.livejournal.com]

We were there on Tuseday-great fun. V different from the only other times I've been to the races (Plumpton) and the only other times I've been to Cheltenham (Greenbelt)! Glad all is still going well. [mwah]

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

Wish I'd known - we'd have met you! Somewhere in the throng of 50,000 other people!