CHELTENHAM: Another Festival to remember — for both good and bad

It really was the proverbial white-knuckle ride. Monday, at around 4.45pm, we landed at Birmingham Airport to be greeted by snow cascading from a grim sky. More of the white stuff accompanied us as we made our way up to Cheltenham.

CHELTENHAM: Another Festival to remember — for both good and bad
Sat, 16 Mar, 2013 - 00:00
Pat Keane

Returning to the hotel from down town on Monday night at 10pm, the car in which we were travelling told us it was -3 degrees.

Tuesday morning and again it was crystal clear that getting racing on was going to be an uphill battle.

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