Forward planning
When you have a good day out there's always a worry that the next time you go it won't be quite as much fun as the previous time. So next year I'll try the following adds on to Derby day : - bring a picnic (the hampers from Carluccio's looked very nice but I have a feeling i could prepare something nearly as nice for less than the £65 a head they cost), just to have someting to mop up the cocktails.
- bring along a couple of fashion conscious just to have fun listening to the bitch fest as they comment on the dresses and hats and hope they don't laugh at my outfit and hat (yes, I *did* wear a hat and in the glorious sunshine i was rather useful although the in thing seems to be small feather constructions rather than more floppy number I went for, pretty though not so good at shading one's eyed from the sun).
- pick a horse that will come in the first 3 or 4 in at least 1 of the races. Mind you to be honest I didn't mind that all my nags performed rather badly, the most fun was picking the name, then reading the tips and form, then dismissing the tips and form head for the bookmaker and place an each way bet on the next races' loser (hell I didn't fare any better when I bet on the favourites so might as well chose one whose name I like, and Kid Mambo would have won if the race course had been shorter, who was I to dismiss him just because he had odds of 100-1?).
- if the mood takes us to go for a couple more drinks before the rest of the group heads back into London maybe picking a pub that isn't my local so I can show my face again after one of the party over-reacts slightly and is asked to leave.
- maybe take the camera so I can snap the spectators who decide to prance round the track in their own race. I might have a better chance to win betting on the humans than I did on the horses. You never know, might need a photo finish.
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(7.6.07 18:35)
You know I now need the story of the over reaction *laughing*
And yes, next year please take pics!
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