cartmel races

[pinkcowprint]

thinking of going to cartmel races on the 25th august,bank holiday weekend,ive looked on their website and i can buy them online,not sure how many are definitely going so could you pay on the door?never been to this race course but been told its very relaxed but dont want to get there and be told its full.
thanks for any advice.

[dfward]

hi , cartmel is a quirky course but well worth a visit. I have been there several times..... if you can book do so but you can pay at the gates. Get there early , and by early i mean by midday to avoid the traffic , it gets horrendously busy so the earlier the better. Wear casual gear it is super relaxed and there are plenty of sideshows and stalls. hope its dry!!!!!

[mrs_overall]

Now I KNOW I need to visit the optician. I read your post and then turned to Mr Overall and commented that someone was asking a question about going to see a camel race. I can't repeat what he said once he'd read the question!

[pinkcowprint]

ha ha,camel racing?!!thanks we were going to go early and have some diiner or take a picnic.so we will be ok to pay on the door if we get there for dinner time?

[dfward]

you will have no problems.....while your there watch out 4 horses trained by M.C.CHAPMAN and G.M.MOORE they usually run quite well

[trevHCS]

Just a warning - Cartmel is a small place and the roads are very small so dfward really isn't joking about the traffic! Plus of course there's all the Aug BH traffic heading for the lakes using the same bit of motorway. Try to arrive there by about 6am and you should get there by midday.

Oh and yeah - don't think they can quite insist on tails and hats at Cartmel. It might claim to be posh, but it's basically a village stuck in the middle of nowhere a bit too close to Grange-over-Sands (aka. OAP Central) with really awful roads and no parking.

[dot.hawkes]

oi, nowt wrong with G O S, it is ace, my great aunt has a guest house there!