New Posts For Thread: festival ! help needed .https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28864855/festival-help-neededmay be getting free tickets for the first day of festival ,im in london ,whats the best way to go train or car ,if i go by car whats it like for parking ( nightmare i imagine ?/what time should i leave home im about 2 hours normal driving time 95 miFoyles....If you decide on the A40 from Oxford do not take the AA signs when you get to burford,go straight on towards cheltenham, much quicker if you get there by 10-30 on raceday.As mentioned getting out can be nightmare,horse9 best advice,as for phttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28864855/festival-help-needed?post_id=515432201#515432201Foyles....If you decide on the A40 from Oxford do not take the AA signs when you get to burford,go straight on towards cheltenham, much quicker if you get there by 10-30 on raceday.As mentioned getting out can be nightmare,horse9 best advice,as for pMon, 23 Jan 2012 14:33:57 -0600It's posts like this that build the anticipation. I aint been down for about 5yrs now and I always liked to get there no later than 11.30. Get in and get a good pitch. I usually parked in one of the farmers field for a fiver then just a 5min walk tohttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28864855/festival-help-needed?post_id=515431719#515431719It's posts like this that build the anticipation. I aint been down for about 5yrs now and I always liked to get there no later than 11.30. Get in and get a good pitch. I usually parked in one of the farmers field for a fiver then just a 5min walk toMon, 23 Jan 2012 14:25:50 -0600Foyles - do get there early.Come in from Prestbury, at the double mini roundabout go down New Barn Lane, it's the road that takes you straight to the course, as you get up the hill and just before the houses start on the left there's a farmers fieldhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28864855/festival-help-needed?post_id=515430957#515430957Foyles - do get there early.Come in from Prestbury, at the double mini roundabout go down New Barn Lane, it's the road that takes you straight to the course, as you get up the hill and just before the houses start on the left there's a farmers fieldMon, 23 Jan 2012 14:11:40 -0600thanks bluebird top info, i think we will be driving after hearing about the trains ,i will get there early and hopefully park in one of the fields .https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28864855/festival-help-needed?post_id=515425555#515425555thanks bluebird top info, i think we will be driving after hearing about the trains ,i will get there early and hopefully park in one of the fields .Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:01:59 -0600We're driving down this year, is it worth getting official Cheltenham parking or is anywhere else better? Remember seeing Cheltenham FC offering parking one year?https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28864855/festival-help-needed?post_id=515424703#515424703We're driving down this year, is it worth getting official Cheltenham parking or is anywhere else better? Remember seeing Cheltenham FC offering parking one year?Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:42:23 -0600Never done the train but people I know who do say the journey back is horrendous - standing room with loud drunk idiots for 90 mins is how it's been described to me.Unless you stay in town until the majority have gone, I'm sure the later trains musthttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28864855/festival-help-needed?post_id=515420749#515420749Never done the train but people I know who do say the journey back is horrendous - standing room with loud drunk idiots for 90 mins is how it's been described to me.Unless you stay in town until the majority have gone, I'm sure the later trains mustMon, 23 Jan 2012 10:06:30 -0600Very regular bus service from the station to the course and back. Always busy and queues after racing for the return journey. Racecourse well signposted for road traffic but car parks at the course - £10 I think - are very busy and a nightmare to exhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28864855/festival-help-needed?post_id=515409577#515409577Very regular bus service from the station to the course and back. Always busy and queues after racing for the return journey. Racecourse well signposted for road traffic but car parks at the course - £10 I think - are very busy and a nightmare to exMon, 23 Jan 2012 03:10:45 -0600may be getting free tickets for the first day of festival ,im in london ,whats the best way to go train or car ,if i go by car whats it like for parking ( nightmare i imagine ?/what time should i leave home im about 2 hours normal driving time 95 mihttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28864855/festival-help-needed?post_id=515387003#515387003may be getting free tickets for the first day of festival ,im in london ,whats the best way to go train or car ,if i go by car whats it like for parking ( nightmare i imagine ?/what time should i leave home im about 2 hours normal driving time 95 miSun, 22 Jan 2012 15:17:02 -0600