1 post tagged “epsom derby”

Paul's getting married in the autumn but as the autumn isn't such a good time to have a stag event we gathered together for a trip to the Epsom Derby, yesterday. Marc hired a car for the trip, and considering the off-roading we went through getting back out and onto a metalled road it was a good investment. You can go anywhere and do anything in  rented car :-)

Despite arriving a little late we managed to get an excellent position on the hill, not far from the fire service who very kindly gave us a couple of gallons of water to help us keep our beer cold. We were also right by the parking lot of the helicopters that ferry the jockeys between all the different race courses on a race weekend.
 

Our other neighbours were also quite noisy. The ladies in front of us had a DJ who was told to turn the noise down by the mounted police. The barbecue was excellent and kept us all well fed for several hours. And during those several hours we sat in the sun, drank some beer, placed some bets and watched some racing both by the course and in front of the screen. It was actually quite hard to follow the racing, even with the big screen. Nonetheless, I was up £38 by the time we left.

Marc's excellent driving saved us at least two hours of waiting in a line of traffic that wasn't moving because the traffic marshals by the exit gate weren't doing anything and had handed control over the a large, fat, tattooed man with a can of beer. With Paul's navigation and the willingness to drive a rental car down a track that had toppled tress in the middle of it we got back to Richard's place in record time...
... so that we could light up the barbecue and have a little more to each and drink before the end of the night.