British racecourses
I've visited most of them
During the seventies, I visited many of Britain's racecourses, some of them several times. I had an ambition to visit all of them at least once. Lanark and Wye both closed before I had a chance to visit them, but I went racing at Teesside Park a few times; it closed in 1981, the site being used for a shopping centre. After I went freelance in the eighties, I didn't have much time to go racing as I often worked away from home, although I managed to visit some racecourses that I hadn't previously been to. During The nineties job quest, I moved to Birmingham to improve my chances of finding work. While I still had some money, I visited a few more racecourses that I hadn't previously been to, but which were within easy reach of Birmingham. I visited two more during my last period of employment, leaving me with just four racecourses unvisited and still in business, these being Fakenham, Folkestone, Fontwell Park and Hamilton Park. Since then, Great Leighs opened but closed again due to financial problems with no date set for re-opening, and Ffos Las has also opened. Will I get round to visiting all these? Probably not, although I don't rule it out.
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