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.Rodders in reply to @miro_o

Letting Cheltenham go ahead seemed like a bad idea at the time let alone now; 250,000 pissed up people cramming into the paddock for each race was never going to be helpful. Distinctly remember the ITV rhetoric being along the lines of the meet being a final hurrah before those bloody politicians end our fun - strange

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CanonAxe in reply to @.Rodders

Cheltenham was a nightmare, I had to travel from home in Teignmouth to our Bristol office on Wednesday and Friday that week , normally a pretty empty train but that week it was packed from Taunton to Bristol, Bristol train station was a nightmare with everyone trying to get on the train. The train's home especially the Friday were disgusting , tables full of empty beer cans and wine bottles, loads more all over the floor. Pretty sure it was doing that journey on the Friday I picked up the stupid cough I had for a few days afterwards.
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miro_o in reply to @.Rodders

It’s more like 70k but yeah, agreed. 250k is unique visitors to the course that week.

There was probably more transmission in the rammed pubs and betting shops. But that’s every pub within a 20 mile radius for four days of solid drugs & alcoholic before dispersing across the UK and Ireland. Madness 📈