Kenbo, thanks
I'm on a fixed 10 quid a month with Tesco, buy a voucher in store, they can't charge me any more money such as roaming charges

Cheers guys.

s.kenbo

I use TunnelBear, it’s free and works fine. Can never get on B365 with it though. Does that one, Andrew?

I can't comment on B365 as i don't have any UK High St accounts, but BF definitely, never had an issue in any country.

Evening Jimnast, certainly in Indonesia and Singapore.

AIS, someone said on here that the free vpn ones can steal your data?

Reg

IP Vanish is one you pay for

Sorry AIS, I misread your post repeating about TunnelBear

Will report back next time I go

I was in Spain last week. When I went on the bet 365 website it was a Spanish version that gave me all there current prices without logging in, that was handy as I new what the current prices were when I texted my mate with my bets.

Jimnast   Jersey weather similar to the south coast of UK, this year great weather for the 4 Cheltenham days,  costs can vary as to accommodation booked, deals available on line.  The event I was involved in cost per ticket was 60 pounds, this included running hot meal, sweet and the cost of providing large screens and sound systems and large screen TVs. Attendance limited to app 90 people, fantastic atmosphere especially when they all backed a winner, no aggro whatsoever.

Sludge   We were at Corbiere Phare  on the west coast app. 2 miles from the airport, there was also a smaller one at the Grand Hotel in St.Helier. A massive row took place there over a disputed bet on the 33/1 winner, happy days..

Very good point 1st time poster in fact o all jcr  racecourses you can have problems with Wi-Fi .

Jimnast  Yes it is expensive here, Housing very expensive, day to day food etc. yes expensive trouble everything has to be brought in therefore shipping and delivery costs etc.Always deals available on the various sites. Air fares expensive for a short trip. But a lovely place to live, sure it has problems like everywhere, but still safe to go anywhere and not get held at knife point. be lucky..

Aintree, full of p1ssed scousers, lots out of there heads on Charlie as well.
Give me an afternoon at a midweek meeting like Sandown any day of the week.

Up to the behind closed doors festival I had missed only 5 days since 1980 go ballistic,for a long time I wasn’t really enjoying gold cup day but the start of it for me was the covid year it’s my fault but I spent to much time on here and watching the news about the possibility of no festival it became an obsession ,I was unprepared for the meeting even when it started there were rumours each day the following day would be off.obviously the following year I watched it on tv didn’t particularly enjoy listening to the gravy train telling everyone how lucky they were to be there,in 2022 as you say it was just far to uncomfortable certainly Thursday and Friday ,a couple of months before the 2023 festival the hotel we used was given to the migrants so we had to find somewhere else it was eye watering what the hotels were asking so decided to stay in Worcester for two nights and go racing on the Tuesday only ,I realised before going it would probably be my last day at the festival,we were very kindly given a lift to the races by a forum member we bumped into at are hotel it was Smirnoff who sadly passed away later that year .after racing we went to the Royal Oak in prestbury and as happens in these cases got carried away and before we knew it ,it was almost midnight so no chance of getting a train,now a taxi to Worcester is roughly £40 yet we told £120 in the end we settled for £100 now that’s no fault of the racecourse but it the way the situation is in the area that week so that was the final straw.

Regarding the article in the post I don’t know how the dug up ex festival goers I’ll talk to anyone about horse racing for as long as they want ,now in Benidorm I never heard anyone speak about horse racing only betting whereas in Dublin in February everybody you speak to is knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the sport that is where those who spent many very happy years at Cheltenham are now going.

We all know Dublin is expensive but there’s no difference in the prices that weekend than there would be tonight for two day ticket next year it’s 50 euro with that you get free parking free shuttle buses from tram stations the main railway station and naas town centre,at Cheltenham it’s £30 a day just to park the car then an extra score to be towed away.

After all that though I still loved the racing last week it’s a shame we’re going through a disappointing period with the champion chase but it will come back there was some great performances and loads to look forward to next season,finally I get pissed off hearing people in the game calling the Ryanair the 5 th championship race the sooner it’s no longer at the fixture the better.

Jimnast, where did you stay in Benidorm last week?
Did you use any bookies there?

Hello reg

There was a bookie at the marina hotel and over the road at the winning post I never used either ,we did spend the Saturday of the imperial cup in the winning post as it rained all day and to be fair it’s not messing about it’s a great set up.

I stayed at the Poseidon resort

Cheers jimnast
I've stayed at many different hotels in Benidorm over the years including the Marina, but not the Poseidon
If it's where I think it is, it may be close to the Sandos Monaco hotel which is the one I usually stay at
The Winning Post is a decent place to watch the racing

Will you be returning there next year?

Reg I would be 4/6 to go next year 1/5 to watch it abroad

Yes winning post do a proper job those in Tenerife play at it ,I do most of my winter punting at Dundalk can’t watch it on Friday night in Tenerife but no problem in the winning post and other bars.

Jimnast, I'm glad I don't bet with you... 4/6 and 1/5...nice overround!

Oddly enough, Friday nights at Dundalk is one of my favourite punting options...
The Placepots there can be very profitable as well

I shall be a sightseer at the Craven jimnast. Probably one day only. Not my favourite meeting.

I’m sure to bump into you as there won’t be many there democrat certainly the first two days