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A Day at the Races (Sunday Jan. 23rd)
Today
we jumped on our bikes and rode an hour north, partially along the Cam,
to just outside a village called Cottenham to see our first live "point-to-point"
race. This is a bit like steeplechase in eventing, except that there
are several horses going at once, and there are more than four fences for
each of the two laps. Needless to say, Bill was trying to figure
out how to steal someone's horse and kit and sneak in the race, and Liz
was suggesting that perhaps it may be more in keeping with the local mores
if we walked the course rather than rode it on a hijacked horse.
Liz won this particular debate (which is why Bill's work permit was not
revoked.)