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A sadness about the town : Cheltenham prepares for remote festival Steven Morris © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: David Davies/PA The blossom is blooming and the crocuses are out. There is heat in the sun when it breaks through but the threat of rain barrelling in from the estuary of the Severn is never far away. Normally in Cheltenham these are telltale signs that it is festival time, that March respite from daily worries when fans of horseracing descend on Gloucestershire in their tens of thousands. But this year it will be very different. The festival will take place behind closed doors from Tuesday and the royals and aristocrats, the reality TV stars, footballers, farmers, those who like to bet and those out to sink as many pints of Guinness and glasses of champagne as possible will have to watch from afar.

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