Cheltenham Festival 2009 - Mac Industries


Jones enjoys the traditional Full English breakfast that is given complimentary to all guests who stay at Granville Street	Note the ingenius use of bread, simply due to the fact the toaster was unopperational

Jones gets in the first round, which proved to be somewhat of a struggle after the previous days consumption at both the races and during a clubbing session	Benson and Jones admire the race track

McCarthy shows off his free Betfair scarf	Looking across the track

The first race meanders around the track	The teetotal member of the party is caught here holding two pints of Apples

Jones with another beverage	McCarthy with another beverage

It doesn't take long for the first double parking situation of the day to occur	McCarthy has his first brush with the law of the weekend in this delightful image

Benson takes advantage of the free binoculars	The decision to bring in camping chairs and sit watching on the big screen seemed a bizarre one

Benson doesn't smoke either, but we see him complete with cigar	Big John appears on the big screen

McCarthy and Benson enjoy the scenery	McCarthy bursts out his annual Cuban cigar for the start of the feature race of the day - which he would go onto win money on

It was once again Ruby Walsh who returned McCarthy a nice profit	Another race comes to an end

Jones is double parked, McCarthy is double parked and Benson has a coke	This man was incredibly small, as can be denoted by his height compared to the railings

Another winner makes its way back to the paddock	The last race of the day is about to go off

This food dispensing unit was superbly named	A ridiculous amount of rubbish has gathered over the course of the day

This women had delightful legs, and her lack of shoes was also interesting	McCarthy, complete with his free Sun hat, holds a daffodil

This bin appeared in the middle of the dining room after it was bought home by McCarthy	It is now Friday, and the 2009 Cheltenham Gold Cup is about to get underway

Jones clasps his hands together in prayer-like motion	McCarthy crosses his fingers

Winner, as once again Ruby Walsh brings a horse home	Ruby and Kauto Star head into the winners enclosure

Jones enjoys a burger from the BBQ on offer in the Midland Arms	McCarthy does so as well, complete with pint

This postal van seemed oblivious to how busy Cheltenham was about to become as the racecourse emptied, and it pulled up on the pavement	Jones cannot believe what he is witnessing

The celebrations at the end of the week begin in the Student Union bar	Jones and Phil appear happy, although quite why Jones is holding a large collection of empties is anyones guess

This man was playing a guitar on the bus into town	McCarthy has the first of many pictures with buskers in town

We enter a club that had been turned into a strip club for the week. Here we see one stripper picking Jones nose. This was as far as our involvement with them went	Here we see a pole for pole dancing purposes

Jones with more buskers as we head back home	McCarthy causes outrage when he attempts to steal a guitar case

These chaps were playing a delightful set of songs	McCarthy denotes he had had a good week betting wise with a donation

He soon gains a photo with the band members	Jones does his best air guitar impression

This mattress was discovered in the street	Jones grabs breakfast on Saturday morning, before we headed down to Gloucester v Wasps

McCarthy was feeling the effects of four days of drinking as his state on the bus denotes	Once inside the pre-game pub though, he was soon able to consume

Jones however took the sensible option of coke	Jones looks delighted to be losing his Kingsholm virginity

The Shed was delighted as Gloucester went onto secure a dramatic 24-22 win	Ryan the Lamb makes an appearance as a replacement

And the week is rounded off in the best style possible with a photo of Iain Balshaw