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Daily Racing Thread Sunday 18th. June 2017

Discussion in 'Horse Racing' started by attivo, Jun 17, 2017.

  1. gazboy

    gazboy Well-Known Member

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    I'm expecting even better from the Bumper King.
     
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    Chaninbar The Crafty Cockney

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    Spot on Smokey.
     
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  3. gazboy

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    2 more days left here in Spain. Been ridiculously warm. Work next Monday :emoticon-0121-angry
     
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    Chaninbar The Crafty Cockney

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    Enjoy Gazboy. Work is so overrated.
     
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    I'm back from my old ancestral homeland today actually...scorching 40 degrees in Andalusia yesterday..60 dead in forest blazes in Portugal..roasted in their vehicles...tragic.

    I was in Bilbao,for some very good news from our notario,Toledo for a couple of days then Cordoba and then our bolt hole...Gaz,don't take this the wrong way but do you holiday in Benidorm perchance?
     
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  6. stick

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    Truly awful scenes in Portugal
     
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  7. Dexter

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    Had a right session in Ayamonte last night Stick...Pupa,La Casona etc...finished at 12...up at 4.30 Spanish time to get to Faro...when you back there?
     
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  8. gazboy

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    I'm in Torremolinos Dexter. Run through to Benalmadena (don't let Corbyn know about empty flats in the marina) and pub crawl back most days. Benidorm in October tho.
     
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    We are going to have to meet up there some time. I love La Casona, like sitting out the back!
    Back there in November and moving out full time in February!
     
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    My Missus,50% Spanish (I'm only 25%) won't have it but i'd love to go...looks like a right riot!<ale>
     
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    Roger that Stick...!!!..faces to names job!
     
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  12. Dexter

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    Probably got a poorer rep than it deserves Gaz..
     
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    Great Dutch bar in the old town
     
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    I must admit the heat was too much these last few days...I only have an electric fan in the gaff bedroom...defo getting mini air con next summer..Bilbao has more or less the same climate as here..temperate largely.
     
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    To be fair to the Dussssshhhh..they know their beer..never been to the Dam actually now I think on it.
     
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    How much is a beer Gaz?..as a rule the North is about twice as expensive as the South...Ayamonte is on average €1.20 for a small beer..oop in the Basque Country its €2.50 0n average for the same serving.
     
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    Nice one Stickler...its a lovely area,quiet but nice...big lifetime change.
     
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  18. gazboy

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    Pints are between €1-€3 for local beer. Couldn't possibly order a small <laugh>

    The Dutch bar had Hoeggarden for around €3.5. The places we go tend to have long flat promenades that are good for running so Costa del Sol and Benidorm suit.<cheers>
     
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