Bloody hell ledkr that is absolutely vile. The bastards. I know how much you were looking forward to going to the races as well. That must have been horrible.
I hate, hate the atmosphere in cheltenham this week. It's nothing like it during the rest of the year (or the other race meets in the year tbh). I came through Cheltenham station at about 7 last night and all you could hear was beered up boorish blokes. I was on a table on a train on my own, 3 drunk blokes (in their 40s) sat on the table. They made comments and then 'oh look she's pretending not to listen' as I read my paper. Then when I got to gloucester and wanted to get off the bloke next to me said 'oh no you're not getting off you're staying til Cardiff' as the other blokes laughed and egged him on. Kept on saying 'excuse me', and they only mucked about for a minute or so, then they let me off, made a few comments 'stuck up cow' and then I got off. I felt so bloody stupid. Then more drunk blokes on the platform. Like running a bloody gauntlet, more comments. The absolute fucking bastards, I had had a horrible day and that just made me feel a lot worse.
What is wrong with drunk men in groups? And the whole Cheltenham vibe helps it along - the pubs in the town get a special licence to have strippers in the week. I presume these fuckers spend the whole day drinking from 9am with their breakfasts, jeering at the young waitresses who work in the tents, then watching strippers, more jeering at barmaids and girls who work in chip shops, then at bloody innocent bystanders like ledkr.
I felt far safer at the Notting Hill carnival in 2011 3 weeks after the London riots than I did when I went out one Gold Cup night (and went home at 9).
Are you going to the race today Led? Hope you're all right.