Self-serve pints are a smash hit at Cheltenham – shame about the trains

The Jockey Club deserves credit for tackling the car-park chaos it endured in 2024, when motorists had to be rescued by tractors amid muddy mayhem. Since last year, most areas around the course have been covered in a hard metal base.Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Traffic coming in is largely beyond the racecourse’s control and it was marginally worse than normal on the opening day. I drove in from Bristol, and regretted failing to plan a better route after being clogged for 30 minutes in a jam behind drop-off traffic. But Cheltenham’s work on the car parks will come as little comfort to the train arrivals, who faced lengthy delays on all routes after trespassers on the line at...