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Scorpion Sting wrote: »

Would it have been RoryC by any chance! :pac: Nah only kidding haha.

FHFC wrote: »

Would explain a lot actually!

Haha the first thing i thought of was him who we do not speak of....

About to do an interview on Highland radio about the Harps if any of ye are in this neck of the woods.

Day in Court for me today. A witness involving a Traveller and a gun posession charge in which he dropped the gun in my garden.

Absolutely bricking it but have to do the right thing and say what i saw.

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

What if the travellers make you an offer you can't refuse???


Say like, not to burgle your gaf in the future :pac:

He plead guilty so wasnt needed, thank ****.

Aaarrrggghh, stag weekend that involved a poor score in a game we can't talk about here has me shook. Still not right after both.

Torricelli wrote: »

Just booked a 3 day weekend in April with 4 mates to Edinburgh. Anyone ever been?

I live there/here. What sort of thing are you looking to do? Last games of the season early April Hearts v Aberdeen wouldn't be the worst match to go see.

Torricelli wrote: »

Was hoping to catch a game, will have to check the fixtures. After that it'll be all drinking. Have heard a lot of good things about Edinburgh so hopefully it'll be good.

Got flights and hotel for €140 each for 2 nights. Hard to argue with that!

Friday the 8th is the last Hearts game but Hibs have a few after that if you don't mind dipping into the Championship! €140 for hotel and flights is unreal! Are you in the City Centre? From the airport there is a tram but the bus is actually quicker and cheaper.

Torricelli wrote: »

600m from the City Centre according to Expedia.

We'll be there the weekend of 18/19. Hibs at home to Falkirk. Might be worth a visit.

Having a deep-fried Mars bar is top of my to do list.

Jaysus it wouldn't be a trip to Scotland without one of those bad boys! Cafe Picante is the place to go for that at the weekends it's a chipper with a dj! What sort of drinking places you looking for? Edinburgh is meant to have the most pubs and restaurants per person in the UK so there's a ton of going out options! If you like the Galway Bay Brewery places there's a ton of that sort of thing here.

Torricelli wrote: »

TBH, we're not fussy. Once we have a few decent beers and whiskies, we'll be happy. Galway Bay Brewery looks like a nice place to spend an evening. We'll probably play it by ear in terms of where we go, a plan never works with us lot.

What's it like with scumbags? Also, what are the pub and nightclub closing hours?

Never felt as safe anywhere as here even at stupid o'clock at the weekend I've not seen any trouble no doubt it happens but nowhere near the frequency of Dublin. We were living in D1 before here though so maybe we're a bit more oblivious to it now! Closing times are a joke you would want to research some late bars before you go as you'll find a lot of places close pretty early even at the weekend even places that target the party crowd will close at 1 or 2.

Lemlin wrote: »

Any decent hotels you'd recommend? I'm going over for a stag in June and we're looking into booking somewhere at the minute. I haven't looked myself but the lad organising it said places are expensive.

During the Summer its wall to wall big festivals and the prices go nuts. What sort of stag is it going to be? The best value place is probably going to be Ibis Royal Mile it'll still be around £100/night though but you're surrounded by places that cater for Stags. If you're willing to bunk up together then there is a ton of hostels where you could all stay in the same room and it'll cost way less.

Lemlin wrote: »

One where we drink a lot! There'll be very little activities bar going to the pub to watch sport. I stayed in the Apex International last time I was in Glasgow. About €250 each for the two night stay but some hotel. 24 hour bar that people queued to try and get into at night.

Priced it now though and it's €800 for two nights for the weekend we want!

Jaysus it would want to be some weekend! How about a Stay City apartment? Makes it better for drinking as you don't need to worry about annoying people in other rooms so much.

Lemlin wrote: »

Pardon my ignorance but what's a Stay City apartment?

Stay City (staycity.com) are a chain of apartments around Europe worth looking at nice places they have upto 4 bed places so can handle a big group in one apartment. Might work out a bit cheaper too!

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

I stayed in one of them in edinburgh a few years back highly recommended.

Yeh very much on the comfortable end of things!