Bristol - 2011

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Itinerary

Friday Night Pubs : Lass o Gowrie, Peveril of the peak, Britons Protection, The Rain Bar, The Salisbury, Salutation, The Ducie
Eating :The New Shezan (Rusholme)

Saturday Morning - Breakfast, on to the tourist information, pick up tickets for play (Mirandalina) and then walking tour of city centre

Saturday AfternoonCoffee at cafe uno, chill out in the Oxford Road park and then on to the Play

Saturday NightPubs : Sinclairs, Sam's chop house, Old Grey Horse, The Castle and the Unicorn
Eating Pearl City

Highlights

  • The old Shezan has closed down (a lowlight)
  • The Castle Pub is still open !
  • Having settled down in the park on Oxford Road for a few hours, a wedding party of 500 people arrive for photographs !
  • We get the best seats ever for the Royal Exchange
  • Pete has a sudden attach of cramp and decides to use the Royal Exchange as an exercise floor
  • Huge amounts of new buildings since we were last there

  • Quotes

    Steve - "Don't you remember the night club we used to go to that had nude nights on a Wednesday"

    David - "I bet that Wright Robinson hall hasn't changed since it was built about 30 years ago".
    Steve  - "I think it was more that that - we were here 25 years ago !"

    Pete - "I don't understand it - we were in a cafe which sold food and now we have left to go look for food !"

    David - (looking at the film crews on the UMIST campus) "I haven't seen them do any filming yet"
    Steve - "Perhaps it's a period drama "

    David - "I thought we might go see a play at the Royal Exchange"
    Steve - "Has it got any girlies in it ?"

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