New Posts For Thread: Tips needed please for GOLD CUP day first timershttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30433945/tips-needed-please-for-gold-cup-day-first-timersA friend has won a pair of hospitality tickets for gold cup day and we are pondering how to get there, timings etc to miss traffic etc whether to get train, drive etc. We will be travelling down on the Friday morning travelling back Friday night butI've actually just spent a good hour and a half doing me homework on this and this is what i've come up with. Drive from my home town in North Tyneside to Blackpool Thursday morning (after the price boosts for WH day of course) and enjoy that days rahttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30433945/tips-needed-please-for-gold-cup-day-first-timers?post_id=543455763#543455763I've actually just spent a good hour and a half doing me homework on this and this is what i've come up with. Drive from my home town in North Tyneside to Blackpool Thursday morning (after the price boosts for WH day of course) and enjoy that days raSat, 07 Feb 2015 05:02:02 -0600Haven't been to Gold Cup day for a good few years now. Crowd is far too big, and full of eggheads. You get a much better crowd on the other three days imo. If they move it to Saturday it will only be worse (but that's a different debate).I've nevehttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30433945/tips-needed-please-for-gold-cup-day-first-timers?post_id=543455601#543455601Haven't been to Gold Cup day for a good few years now. Crowd is far too big, and full of eggheads. You get a much better crowd on the other three days imo. If they move it to Saturday it will only be worse (but that's a different debate).I've neveSat, 07 Feb 2015 04:46:34 -0600You would be doing amazingly well to be only in traffic for an hour on GC day. All bookies offers are better online anyway if you're that bothered. Surely just enjoy the day.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30433945/tips-needed-please-for-gold-cup-day-first-timers?post_id=543455435#543455435You would be doing amazingly well to be only in traffic for an hour on GC day. All bookies offers are better online anyway if you're that bothered. Surely just enjoy the day.Sat, 07 Feb 2015 04:27:38 -0600So you've won tickets for Cheltenham and you're going to plan the day around price boosts in the bookies ? FFShttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30433945/tips-needed-please-for-gold-cup-day-first-timers?post_id=543455239#543455239So you've won tickets for Cheltenham and you're going to plan the day around price boosts in the bookies ? FFSSat, 07 Feb 2015 03:59:48 -0600If you park up,then walk into town and then back up,you'll be knackered before the first race horses are in the pre parade ringhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30433945/tips-needed-please-for-gold-cup-day-first-timers?post_id=543454587#543454587If you park up,then walk into town and then back up,you'll be knackered before the first race horses are in the pre parade ringSat, 07 Feb 2015 01:55:18 -0600Our early plans are to get to the town as early as possible and have a good look around before going to the course. He says that there is a parking badge in the package though we don't yet know what time we can access the parking areas. We are hopinghttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30433945/tips-needed-please-for-gold-cup-day-first-timers?post_id=543448163#543448163Our early plans are to get to the town as early as possible and have a good look around before going to the course. He says that there is a parking badge in the package though we don't yet know what time we can access the parking areas. We are hopingFri, 06 Feb 2015 14:46:03 -0600Traffic in Cheltenham is horrendous on any normal day so arrive earlyhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30433945/tips-needed-please-for-gold-cup-day-first-timers?post_id=543446989#543446989Traffic in Cheltenham is horrendous on any normal day so arrive earlyFri, 06 Feb 2015 13:34:52 -0600Bus from Train Station, will set you down in Town Centre and you can get back on to get to the Course (or walk for atmosphere). Bus back to Station, was £5 return so probably be £6 now. Centaur good to sit down for 20 minutes, do placepots etc, gohttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30433945/tips-needed-please-for-gold-cup-day-first-timers?post_id=543446717#543446717Bus from Train Station, will set you down in Town Centre and you can get back on to get to the Course (or walk for atmosphere). Bus back to Station, was £5 return so probably be £6 now. Centaur good to sit down for 20 minutes, do placepots etc, goFri, 06 Feb 2015 13:16:32 -0600Not sure where you are travelling from so hard to advise, bookies all in the town centre 20 minutes from the course, the station is a 40 minute walk from the course. If driving I would get there by 9am, the trains will be very busy coming back afterhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30433945/tips-needed-please-for-gold-cup-day-first-timers?post_id=543445193#543445193Not sure where you are travelling from so hard to advise, bookies all in the town centre 20 minutes from the course, the station is a 40 minute walk from the course. If driving I would get there by 9am, the trains will be very busy coming back afterFri, 06 Feb 2015 11:21:15 -0600A friend has won a pair of hospitality tickets for gold cup day and we are pondering how to get there, timings etc to miss traffic etc whether to get train, drive etc. We will be travelling down on the Friday morning travelling back Friday night buthttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30433945/tips-needed-please-for-gold-cup-day-first-timers?post_id=543444753#543444753A friend has won a pair of hospitality tickets for gold cup day and we are pondering how to get there, timings etc to miss traffic etc whether to get train, drive etc. We will be travelling down on the Friday morning travelling back Friday night butFri, 06 Feb 2015 10:40:36 -0600