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Any fruit farms adjacent KR? As a kid remember cycling to Lightwater Valley. We left our bikes in a farmer's field and made our way over hedges/fences into the fruit farm which was then part of the theme park. I can remember eating some raspberries and being chased through the raspberry canes into the main theme park on one occasion.
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Router down at York so toat can’t operate
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When I used to do all the meetings couple of seasons back I used to get a kick out of giving my ticket away for nout from ARC badge and getting in with GoRacing in Yorkshire to Donny.
Not cos I wanted to be the good samaritan just because I despise ARC! If you are just getting into racing I couldnt reccomend a visit at all to Donc, its souless and I cant really put my finger on why, compared to better places on the doorstep, well basically all the other Yorkshire tracks. |
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Doncaster was great before the rebuild now as you say completely soulless and a huge deterioration in the standard of racing. |
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Agree about the Doncaster rebuild. The grandstand was designed with catering (i.e. selling as much
booze and rubbish food as possible),in mind and not racing. |
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Good old cash.
Chepstow forced to accept cash as WiFi outage crashes Tote kiosks and bars An empty Tote kiosk in the Premier Stand An empty Tote kiosk in the Premier Stand James Stevens 1 of 1 By James Stevens UPDATED 4:34PM, OCT 8 2022 A WiFi failure across multiple buildings at Chepstow caused some cashless payment facilities to crash on Saturday, leaving some bars and betting shops closed and the track reluctantly forced to accept cash on the gate. The racecourse, like many, operates a cashless system but was forced to do a temporary U-turn to avoid disappointed racegoers arriving and being unable to purchase tickets due to the outage. Elsewhere, Tote kiosks in the restaurant, Premier stand and some of the boxes were forced to shut as they were unable to trade without internet access. The closure had a significant impact on turnover, with Saturday's Placepot of £54,818 almost half the size of the pot available in the last two seasons. Chepstow also offered complimentary drinks in the owners and trainers' facility with card payments unavailable. It led to Alan King, winner of the opening race, joking: "I think it's great, we can get drinks without paying." Issues also impacted the weighing room – situated below the owners and trainers' bar – which meant clerk of the scales Graham Ford had to call results over the phone, rather than doing so using the typical online process. RaceTech used a dongle to escape the connection woes. A closed Britbet betting shop at Chepstow on Saturday A closed Britbet betting shop at Chepstow on Saturday James Stevens Chepstow believes the problem started at 5.30am on Saturday morning and, while a reason is unconfirmed, it is believed to be caused by either a power surge or an animal chewing through a cable. Attempts were made to rectify the problem for over three hours without success. A crowd of over 6,000 were at the South Wales track on Saturday for one of its biggest days of the year, but the problems were not considered too detrimental to turnover on the day. Chepstow's managing director Phil Bell said: "As people first came to the racecourse we discovered things weren't working. I'd say it was about a quarter of the racecourse that wasn't working and we tried for three hours to rectify it via other routes but we couldn't. "One of the bars couldn't take card payments but they've moved customers across three of the marquee bars which has worked well. We had extra facilities for today because we were expecting a big crowd. In the owners and trainers' bar we've offered complimentary drinks as we appreciate their support. "In truth it hasn't been too bad. When I first discovered it I thought it would be a wider problem. People have worked around it and we've got through it. The main thing is that racing has gone ahead without a glitch. We'll get it sorted as soon as we can." Of whether it would cause a financial hit, Bell responded: "For the bars particularly, it hasn't cost too much as we've moved them to other areas, but the Tote yes, without a doubt. This is one of our biggest days of the year, we have 6,000 here and 850 in hospitality and the Tote isn't working in half of those areas." Chepstow's next raceday is scheduled for November 18. |
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A pleasing read undecided
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The knight , Jimnast.
i am still out of the game never had a bet since Cheltenham only posted on here once since cheltenham to offer you both tickets for York.was at at York 2 days was amazed what i saw , having a jimmy riddle in the toilets in the county stand must have been a dozen guys in 2 YOUNG GIRLS CLEANING THE TOILETS, Regards Ronnie. |
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Hello Ronnie
What did you think of the over 18s bouncy castle type thing by the old silver ring ? |
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to tell you the honest truth i never saw them only saw the first 2 races today bloody train strike,regarding the old silver ring i had a share in a book for a year pick 2 it was over 30 years ago it was year Triptych won the benson and hedges i lost more money that year than i thought was possible. hope you had a good time at York. sad to say i was still paying 6.80 a pint in the bar besides the Queens. Ronnie. |
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1987 triptych ploughed through the mud to win the benson and hedges Ronnie it was the first time my now wife ever went to the races she loved it,
£6.80 a pint Ronnie it’s cheaper on the racecourse |
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Jimnast i could be wrong i am sure we packed in betting that day with i race left no readies left sure the last race the books got a cracking result, to make things worse we only got to the course with a couple of mins left to get our pitch, pleased the wife enjoyed her first day at the races she probaly backed the big winner with us as i recall most people on the course did.
Ronnie. |
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getting back to my early post what do you think of York having young girl cleaners cleaning the gents toilets when they are being used. Ronnie. |