Set fair for Grand National week, and those watering systems at Aintree and elsewhere will be on full bore.... The Epsom straight being watered just now as I drove across the Downs... A fine week of ...

Back in the late 70's, I was taken to watch Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road in West London... A mighty fine team back then. Stan Bowles a mercurial but supremely gifted footballer. A maverick who ...

Three days when a City lets her hair down and parties. And not always just the hair that is let down....?! There will be some fabulous photographs over the next few days of gravity defying outfits and ...

The Grand National.... Back in the day, and some would say "back in the good old days", there were enormous fields. Corinthian amateurs lined up side by side with hardened professionals. No quarter ...

A bright red sun creeping over the eastern horizon. Frost on the ground. Early Lots meandering hither and thither. The giant Cruise Ship of a Grandstand aglow in pale pink light... The commute from ...

Clancy in the house. Let The Games Commence.... The Saturday before Cheltenham. After the last 36 hours, it feels a little like the Saturday after Cheltenham. Which I'm not sure is all good, but hey ...

A hint of frost. But clear skies above as the first arrivals circle and slalom their way into Heathrow and Gatwick... Set to be warm later... A few racecourses are turning on the taps... The Spring ...

That are leading into stunningly clear sunny days.... Minus something right now. Windscreen scraping. Fog rolling in. Crunch beneath the feet. Icy puddles. Spring springing....?? The glamour double ...

Another Cotswolds chapter writ bold and mighty... The Annual Pilgrimage to jump racing's Mecca.... Plenty of opinion and conjecture. Several sides to every story. Obviously... Prices at the core. But ...

Of minus plenty at first light. And then clear blue skies. Even a hint of warmth in the noon sun... Beautiful when driving across the Downs just now. Wisps of mist hanging above frozen turf. A red sky ...