Ann Barrass

@WattyRacing @LizPriceRacing Ha ha Neil, thank you for getting on the case! 🫖☕️ TBH we never leave the country without our own supply of teabags! 🤣

@LizPriceRacing Hi Liz, Any chance you can ask Chantilly to order some Yorkshire Tea or Tetley for Ann please? 😉

@MikeParcej @WattyRacing Oh heck - I’ve got next year’s French Derby pencilled in, but no tea?? Might have to reconsider, despite how lovely it looks! 😂

@WattyRacing @fgchantilly €2.50p coffee. No tea!!

Well that was the most enjoyable Flat racegoing experience I've had for ages! A truly lovely afternoon at @fgchantilly just rambling around with the horses in the most beautiful of settings. NH is always my favourite, but if all Flat racegoing was like this, that could change!!

@dermonolan91 Have a great time Diarmuid. We are at home for the first time in years so have a Guinness for me! 😃

Hon the Cheltenham. Day 1 fancies: 1.20 - Old Park Star 9/4 2.00 - Kargese 11/2 2.40 - Ammes 9/1 3.20 - Iroko 13/2 & Johnnywho 14/1 4.00 - The New Lion 11/4 NAP 4.40 - Zurich 9/1

@RuthvanZalinge Thanks, Ruth! Same to you, too! 😘

To all my racing twitter mates who are watching #CheltenhamFestival this week whether in person or from the sofa, be lucky and have fun! 🤞 for safe rounds for all 4 leggeds and 2 leggeds ❤️

@RuthvanZalinge Happy Birthday dear Ruth! 🎉😘🎂

Thank you all for the birthday love! Being 25 aint so bad! 😉

@RMcCarthy86 I’ve just read through it all. It really does give a lot of background on how things work! Hope tonight is equally uneventful! 👍🏻

@1962AB As shifts go, it was remarkably uneventful! Great for me, though these threads are always a little more interesting if *something* happens!

Back in 2024, I wrote a thread following 'A Day In The Life' of my role as Route Controller (South and South West) for a train operating company (linked to below). Since then, I've changed roles, so it's time for an update with 'A Night In The Life'! 🧵 x.com/i/status/18497…

@RMcCarthy86 Ah - I’d not thought of NR’s role - it makes a bit more sense now! Hope you had an uneventful shift 🙂

@1962AB I look after the services of two operators over my section of route, so both, in a sense! I don't really interact directly with other operators. NR are, effectively, an intermediary. Only our Info team speak directly with their counterparts at other train companies.

@RMcCarthy86 May I ask, do you look after certain operators or certain lines? If the former - how do you interact with other operators? 🤔

I'm on the night shift tonight so I was here at about 20:30 to relieve the afternoon shift,ready for a formal start at 21:00. The dynamic of a night turn is very different to a day turn, so I'll try to post-as-I-go (within reason, etc etc.). So, why not spend the night with me?

@LindaGunn3 @pribeiro2010 Oh Linda, so sorry to hear that your lovely OH is having chemo. What a drag. I hope he can celebrate a little and as you say, look forward to next year! Lots of love to you both xx

Happy birthday to the most amazing man ... my hubby ❤️ Having a chemo birthday sucks so next year its gonna be in Monaco @pribeiro2010 Love you

@RuthvanZalinge Ruth it was so fab to meet you IRL! Really enjoyed the racing. Have a safe journey back xx

Haydock bound....its been a while! 🏇

@LindaGunn3 Happy New Year from good old Leeds, Linda! x

Happy New Year from Portugal

@MikeParcej I had this one back in the day!

youtu.be/uY78HzVrojk?is… up 15 to 28. The brilliant multi instrumentalist takes a more fifties style this time.

Here’s a quick sketch I did of the Nativity for thee

@MikeParcej Happy Christmas, Mike - thanks for all your entertaining tweets this year. Enjoy all the racing. 🏇🎄

Happy Christmas Everyone! Enjoy the rest of your day, and here's to ten fantastic days of racing ahead!

Happy Christmas from all of us in ICTU.

@WattyRacing And to you Neil xx

Xmas eve beer. Merry Christmas everybody

SEE IT, SLEIGH IT, SORTED!

@dermonolan91 It’s the miracle of Christmas! 🎄😂

6 points clear of West Ham #lufc

@RuthvanZalinge Under these circumstances, you are allowed as many FFS’s as you want! 😳

@1962AB Well we've just had to cut the lock off the tackroom as my key broke off in it, the cats have eaten Raphas Christmas presents and Liam has put a zip line for his LEGO across my living room!! 🤦‍♀️🤪

My phrase of the year is 'FFS'! Its only 7.30 and I've uttered it about 10 times already!! Give me a £ each time and Ill be a millionaire by dinner! #SaturdayMotivation