: Mon May 04, 2009 4:49 pm  

99 ice cream 2.50 and 1.50 for a cup of hot water!! They dont charge for hot water on the motorway services!! Needles to say I didnt buy the hot water as it was the same price as tea and coffee - they said that they have to pay for the cups!

On the whole, we enjoyed the weekend. First time to Murrayfield and our first concern was parking the car, but thanks to some helpful traffic wardens we found a side street about a quarter of a mile away. Buses were plentyful during the day and despite the road works the city centre was not too bad as the touristy bits were there too.

Would go again next year

BTW Did anyone see Cunningham and Grahams bit in the Daily Mail on Saturday rubbishing the Magic weekends? That was before Wigan stuffed them!!

: Mon May 04, 2009 4:51 pm  

Why on earth would someone want to buy a cup of hot water ?

: Mon May 04, 2009 4:52 pm  

The west stand upper also seemed very quiet. Seemed to be the only one cheering when we scored apart from a six year oldish boy.

: Mon May 04, 2009 5:04 pm  

i had a good weekend!! bumped into ls16 and family(which was nice) very briefly after racing a tuck tuck trike type thing. i think we got lucky with the weather!! which made a big difference. it was still bloody cold at times

: Mon May 04, 2009 5:08 pm  

I think Edinburgh as a city is far more attractive as a weekend destination than cardiff and far easier to get to. The down side is the location and lack of facilities at Murrayfield. Id like to have seen the adjoining park being turned into a fans area with a big screen and perhaps a beer and food festival rather than a bog standard bar.

The stadium and surrounding area reminded me of the rose bowl in pasadena which similarly has an adjoining park which UCLA fans use for the tailgate party. Something similar is feasible with a little more thought and would also attract more locals if there was a carnival around the entire area. If they want to build support they need to keep it at edinburgh for a few more years yet. Moving the weekend every two years means as a local concept it will never take root and will just be a moveable feast fro the same 25 -0k of fans from the heartlands.

: Mon May 04, 2009 5:10 pm  

sgtwilko wrote:

i had a good weekend!! bumped into ls16 and family(which was nice) very briefly after racing a tuck tuck trike type thing. i think we got lucky with the weather!! which made a big difference. it was still bloody cold at times

Good to see you too mate, although I’m still puzzling as to why you were tracking down a one of those bike thingies by foot??

: Mon May 04, 2009 5:10 pm  

McLaren_Field wrote:

Why on earth would someone want to buy a cup of hot water ?

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Perhaps to warm a baby's bottle up in or something like that ?

: Mon May 04, 2009 5:26 pm  

Derwent wrote:

Perhaps to warm a baby's bottle up in or something like that ?

So they didn't buy it because the cup of tea was the same price ?

They warmed a babys bottle in a cup of tea ?

I am now intrigued, I want to know if they drank the tea afterwards, I want to know how cold the tea was and how hot the milk was, hell I want to know if they used the baby's milk in the tea...

: Mon May 04, 2009 5:40 pm  

McLaren_Field wrote:

So they didn't buy it because the cup of tea was the same price ?

They warmed a babys bottle in a cup of tea ?

I am now intrigued, I want to know if they drank the tea afterwards, I want to know how cold the tea was and how hot the milk was, hell I want to know if they used the baby's milk in the tea...

People drink hot water becuase it is meant to be good for you. My friend drinks it.

: Mon May 04, 2009 5:45 pm  

EmmaMur01 wrote:

People drink hot water becuase it is meant to be good for you. My friend drinks it.

Both you and your friend are clearly mad.