Yorkshires Garden Racecourse

Chapter 3 - DAY 5 - Ripon Races

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August 28th 2011
RIPON RACES After yesterdays excitement it was a later start and a quiet breakfast to kick off the day before we headed to Ripon (about an hour north east of Skipton) for the Ripon Races. The drive over was very pleasant lovely green rolling countryside and not too much traffic – just the odd tractor to hold things up! We got to Ripon about an hour before the gates opened so collected our ti ... read more

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