Yesterday morning I opened an account with BetFred to place some bets for Cheltenham so I could get all my betting done before meeting Neal for lunch. I staked 50 quid across the 6 races with at least one on the nose on a short odds/favourite in each race and at least one each way on a long odds/outsider in each race. I lost race 1, my short odds ( ( Read more... )

On Saturday night, Ed, Neal and another friend from school, Paul, had a party at the Red Lion in Knowle to celebrate their 30th birthdays. They had one together for their 21sts and, as we don't see Paul very often (he's married and lives in Solihull with a very demanding ball and chain) they decided it would be a good idea to repeat it 9 years on. ( Read more... )