If I booked theatre tickets or a gig and then couldn’t go then I don’t think I’d say I’d been robbed

Why’s it 7 days, the distance selling regs cool off period has been lengthened to 14 days, so you might just be able to claim on that regard.

The cooling off period does not apply for event tickets.

Did you accept the £5?

If so, you only got stiffed for £10.

It’s interesting that you think CRC should be out of pocket because of you not turning up.

Whether or not your reason is out of your control it’s not their problem.
7 days is a reasonable cut off point and if they let everyone cancel whenever they fancied it would be unworkable for them to run the day.

You can always get out of appointments, if you really want to. You clearly don’t.

yes, this level of pish boiling should be reserved for when people use bad grammar on the STW chat forum.

Capital letter at the start of a sentence please.