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For live sport… Took Candida, Barney, Barney’s mate Watty and me to Farnham on Saturday. Where we found a disappointing pub for a disappointing lunch before the “Mighty Farnham [...]

I’m not sure that we were expecting that…. But a trillion times better to have clear chill in the air than persistent and insidious damp. More than a hint of light in the East, bright [...]

To the extremely positive response to our new partnership with Charles Tyrwhitt…. Aston Martin have kindly agreed to give us all one of their very smart cars… Fortnum and Mason have [...]

At the night sky just now, I could see the moon. A small crescent moon. For the first time in ages, not obscured by leaden skies. But it was still raining as I jumped in the car to navigate the [...]

A very dull and very tired record…. Taking the dogs for a walk across sodden Sussex fields yesterday afternoon, I went backwards… Even the poor Weather Forecaster on the radio just [...]

“It raineth every day….” Is a melancholy refrain from Feste the Fool’s final song in Twelfth Night. According to my friend Mr Google, “it signifies the inevitability [...]

Hanging damp that seeps into the bones…. Wet, wet, wet. Streams where there have never been streams. Going sticks plunging deeper than ever into sodden racecourse turf. And more rain on the [...]

To today’s sponsors William Hill…. But it is hard to think of this afternoon’s “William Hill Hurdle (Premier Handicap)” as anything other than the Schweppes. The [...]

To launch…. Into a “bugbear” moment…. About the ridiculous overspend on Racing Digital. Which was heralded as an upgrade on the present racing administration system, but [...]

Groaning…. Under vast hams. Haunches of venison and wild boar. Smoked fish of several varieties. Oysters and clams and mussels and langoustine. Pots of Caviar the size of Top Hats. [...]