The Derby 2012

Yet again our excellent friends Noan and David invited us down to Southampton for an amazing day out at Epsom Downs racecourse. This year was made extra special for a number of reasons....

1) We originally thought we wouldn't be going.

2) Steph couldn't drink beer and had to watch what he was eating.

3) We won a wee bit of money!

4) It was wee Betty's jubilee and she was in attendance - and even drove around the racetrack before the races.

So we did our usual and got the flight down to Southampton and met David at the airport - from then on it was non stop hilarity (and drink) for the whole weekend.

On the Friday we had a barbecue out in the park and played some quoits (like last year) and then we sat up far too late before retiring to gather our thoughts and dream of winning a million from a £3 stake on a horse we had never heard of before,

The day itself was very much along the lines of last year - charity auctions, guest presenters etc.

We had a great time though and  couple of people asked us for our autographs....

I gave this guy some career advice

Alan was sacked from Celtic the very next day.....ooops.

Before explaining the benefits of a classic floating 5-3-2 to this guy.....

Alan Pardew may be able to pass my tips on this year to the Newcastle team.

Katie and Andrew get excited when the food arrives.

Noan and Chris pretend to know what they are doing.

Katie returns with our winnings

She adds a few zeros before telling Noan how much we won.

it's the jubilee!

I love you man. No man, I love you.

Winning.

No, I've not put on the beef, this is Steve Backley.

The end of the night is a bit blurry.