The day starts with the sound of a steam train chugging
down the valley on the Lakeside railway and is soon followed by a wonderful
cooked breakfast in the conservatory overlooking the trees and valley. After
dusting off our glad rags its off to Cartmel and racing.
The Cartmel track is in a stunning setting of a natural
bowl surrounded by rolling hills sprinkled with trees and off to one side, the
gorgeous village of Cartmel with its old church, quaint winding streets and
post office selling sticky toffee pudding. Pete and Angela have set up camp out
the back of their land rover providing us with a never-ending supply of beer,
wine and food all on the running in rail, so we can see close up the final
stages of each race. And talking of racing we start out well with winners in
the first two races but things then deteriorate with some horses nearly winning
but not quite.
The day ends with another BBQ at Pete and Angela’s apartment
with John, Steff, Frankie, Becci and Martin. Good banter and entertainment
provided by the dogs Trevor and Megan.
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