ARRIVING BY HELICOPTER TO BE SWEPT TO THE GRANDSTAND IN A BENTLEY IS UNSURPASSABLE
be helicoptered back to our hotel in less time than it would usually take for us to make it out of the car park. We will book into James Martin’s The Kitchen at Chewton Glen for a light, late supper, maybe sharing a plateau de fruits de mer and enjoying just one more glass of champagne. Of course, I can’t predict the outcome of any race at The Festival, but I eagerly anticipate seeing Quilixios in the Unibet Champion Hurdle, perhaps under Rachael Blackmore, to finish what they started this year in the JCB Triumph Hurdle. I certainly can’t account for the weather, but what I can be sure of is a week full of drama, excitement and heart-stopping racing from the moment I arrive to the moment I leave, so I will be glad of both my hot tub and my roaring log burner when I, at last, return to my treetop bolthole each night, come rain, sleet or shine, for just enough quiet solitude before we do it all again the next day.
helicopter, to be met by a warm Bentley ready to sweep us to the grandstand in comfort and style, is an experience not easily surpassed. What might have been something for my bucket list may now be an annual indulgence. We will take a table in the Panoramic Restaurant, with its five-course à la carte menu served from a vantage point directly above the Winning Post. Of the 11 restaurants available in the Room with a View package, we are most fond of the Panoramic because it offers exquisite dining, right at the centre of the action. We have experienced many of the restaurants in a Room with a View: Chez Roux, with its world-leading Michelin-star team; the Horse & Groom Pub, serving cod cheeks and rib-eye steak; and the Final Fence, where all the drama unfolds in front of you. But this time, it’s all about an aerial view for us, and the Panoramic delivers that in very elegant spades. After a day of indulgence, it will make a wonderful change to relax in the comfort of a Bentley and then
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