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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Spring Equinox. And all that jazz... Fewer vapour trails above London sky as Heathrow closed for business until further notice. Pity the guys and girls who have to ...

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 ...

Atop the Epsom Downs.... 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 ...

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 ...