Thirty one members met on a windy Regent Terrace for our third outing to Perth Races. We picked up another four in Inverkeithing. Dave, our driver, hadn’t been there before so didn’t come off at the ‘Ferrytoll junction which meant a slight detour into the car park and turning circle at the station as we entered from the Rosyth/Dalgety Bay junction.
Our coffee stop
was at Dobbies in Dunfermline where we collected another member. As the gates to Perth Racecourse didn’t open
until 1230, we had a bit longer there. Your Chairman can definitely count but
thought that the two latecomers were Ronnie and Isabel by mistake. Sorry!
Since our last
visit, entry to the Racecourse has gone paperless as Joan and I discovered when
we went to have the tickets printed. On the way back to the coach, we met up with
our final two members. We filed in one by one and yours truly felt like the
schoolmarm keeping an eye on our pupils.
The forecast
rain arrived but it didn’t spoil our enjoyment of the five races which we saw.
Hopefully most of us made a little money.
High tea was in
the very popular Royal George Hotel in Perth, famous for its meringues.
Unfortunately, coaches now have to park on North Inch so driver Dave wasn’t
able to join us for tea. It’s a 20 minute walk in the rain.
