CHAPTER SIX
A QUIET DAY SHOPPING
The royal meeting concluded on the Friday of Ascot Week, and Don was grateful for the fact that he hadn’t encountered Diane again after that first meeting. The last day of actual racing, known as Ascot Heath, customarily took place on the Saturday, and was a very low-key affair.
The Heath Meeting required only a fraction of the policing presence of the main event, so F Division was not detailed to perform duty on the Saturday. This meant that Don was granted a much-needed couple of rest days that gave him the opportunity to take Rosemary shopping in the nearby town centre in Reading.
Parking in Reading was the usual nightmare, but Don eventually settled on leaving their nine-year-old Vauxhall Viva on the top level of the Minster Street multi-storey car
