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Eamonn Holmes spotted enjoying Cheltenham Festival 2022

Eamonn Holmes has been pictured enjoying himself with friends at the Cheltenham Festival.

Watching the second race of the day on Wednesday, Eamonn was joined by fellow GB New presenter Isabel Webster.

Drenched by the rain, the pair let fans in on their day at the races through their social media accounts.

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Eamonn posted a photo of himself and Isabel with the caption: "Keep smiling Isabel... They won't be able to see there's any rain in the picture!"

Isabel said: "Absolutely BIBLICAL scenes at Cheltenham Races today."

Sharing a photo on his Instagram page yesterday, Eamonn was channelling a dapper Peaky Blinders style.

He said: "A Touch of The #peakyblinders at Cheltenham but no luck of The #Irish."

Speaking to Belfast Live at the weekend, Eamonn explained how strong people from North Belfast are and how those from NI "are blessed in some spooky way of this gift of being sociable".

He admitted that Cavehill is his "favourite site on earth" and when he looks up at it, he knows he's back home.

"People always say to me... 'And you used to be from here', and I am from here. My mother lives across the road. This is the fabric of my life," he said.

"All my brothers live here. All my brothers live within a mile and a half of here, all my family, cousins, we are close knit.

"I am always back so it doesn't really ever feel strange, it's just where you feel you should be. Believe me, I wouldn't be working in England if I could get that calibre of job here.

Eamonn Holmes and Isabel Webster. (Humphrey Nemar)

"I would never have been. My mother rang me a few weeks ago and she said to me, 'I couldn't sleep last night', she's 93. I said, 'What's wrong mum, what's wrong mum?', and she never phones me, I always have to phone her.

"She said, 'I just couldn't sleep, I had this question in my head, why did you, why did you?'

"I said, 'Why, did I what?', and she said, 'Why did you move to England?' I said, 'Mum, it was 36, 37 years ago, what are you talking about?'

"She said, 'None of my other sons felt the need to leave'. She said, 'If you had of stayed, you could have been like that wee boy Paul Clark'. He's older than me. I think mum would have saw that as a success for me."

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