While we were sitting at breakfast discussing our options for the day and trying to take into account the unsettled weather forecast, it started to hail! Knowing that you can't fight the weather, especially in England, we all put an extra layer on, packed our umbrellas and set off for Windsor Castle. What we forgot to pack though was a map so we were entirely dependent on the GPS who we had affectionately nicknamed Gertie. Gertie did not have a fantastic. track record on this trip so far so we were a little nervous but we pressed on anyway. She got us safely to Windsor with only minor detours and, after a quick snack, we dashed off to enjoy the castle. This is not a museum but a working royal residence and the hustle and bustle is palpable.
After touring the castle and wrestling with Gertie to get ourselves home, we joined bob and mildred for an evening at the horse races at Sandown. It was a hoot! There were 6 races where we needed to try and pick the winner. Bob and Mildred are members and each have their own specific strategy. Bob chooses the horse that's favored to win. Mildred bets 2 each way on either the number two horse or the number seven horse. We each had our own strategies, each with varying degrees of success: Lee chose to horse whose name was most appealing; Alison choose the horse whose jockey had won the previous race; Dave chose the horse whose name had a color in it; and Bev chose the horse that had the cutest jockey! Bob was the big winner of the night but Bev and Lee broke even!
After the horse racing was over we enjoyed a concert by a band covering Jazz standards. It was a really fun evening and we were thrilled to have missed the rain.
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