“Oh to be in England, Now that Spring is there”
Robert Browning’s Home Thought From Abroad was never more appropriate. The season is off to a great start with a Cambridge win in the annual Boat Race last weekend down on a very choppy Thames. Another sure sign of the season is the “Grand National” held at Aintree, Merseyside this weekend. The most challenging hunt race in the world with twice round 30 jumps. The race went international in 1944 with the success of the movie “National Velvet”, starring Mickey Rooney and a young Liz Taylor.
Whether they enjoy horse racing or not, almost everyone in the UK places a flutter on the race.
Final warning to the “Runners and Riders” before the “OFF”.
“BEWARE THE CANAL TURN!!!“
Here’s hoping for no casualties.
LOADING PLATFORM MANCHESTER TRAIN STATION PRIOR TO THE RACES
MANCUNIAN LOVELIES STRUTTING THEIR FINEST ON LADIES’ DAY
