Whitey Grandad

July is probably the best month. It starts to get busy after the 14th and August is out because of all the french everwhere. We once went to Argeles in mid June and it was only 15 degrees, which was unusual but not what we went for.

I seem to remember that it cost £125 to buy the old stadium just to pull it down. Then there were all sorts of discussions over access rights and the land immediately around.

So 70,000 tickets at £30 or so is over £2million.

It's noticeable how the light improves once you get south of the Massif. Everythign becomes more luminous and intense. All the buildings have terracotta roof tiles and much shallower slopes.

We've been towing the caravan down to the French/Spanish border every year in early July for nearly 20years. We go Portsmouth to Ouistreham (use to be Le Havre) on the early morning boat and stop the first night at about 7:30 just south of Saumur on the Loire at a lovely place called Montreul-Beuilly (4 hours or so). Next day down past Limoges and toulouse to Carcassonne - fantastic place (6 hours). Then a short run to either Argeles-sur-Mer (3 or 4 hours), or over the border toi the Costa Brava. It's just under 700 mile in total and used to be 17 hours total driving with the caravan bu these days it's more like 13 or 14. On the way back we come up the middle through the Auvergne via Beziers - Millau, Clermont-Ferrand, Montlucon etc stopping two or three nights on the way. Loches is another interesting walled town remiscent of Carcassone. Some motorways are toll but the newer ones funded by the EC are free, notably the A75. Try www.viamichelin.com for routing, speed cameras and road tolls. France is a lot more expensive than it used to be and eating out in spain is about two-thirds the price. A day trip from Collioure is very easy, it's only about an hour to Roses, L'Escala or Estartit. For really cheap booze of any sort there's a place just south of Pals at Palafrugell http://www.vinsilicorsgrau.es/ 3 magnums of Rioja for about £4. The weather is not really settled until June/July and the area around Perpignan is the windiest place in France although Collioure is sheltered by the Albéres mountains and is usually a bit warmer than further up the coast. Let us know what you decide Baj and I will try to dig out some recommendations for you for hotels/restaurants.

Great turnout and I'm sure we could have sold twice as many. Does anybody know how the gate receipts and TV money are distributed? With our cup runs this season I would have thought that there must have been a reasonable return on the investment.

It'll do I suppose. :roll: Shame about the clean sheet but I think we had eased off the pedal by then. Nice to see Connolly and Perry get a few moments on the pitch, it shows that Pardew understands sentiment and psychology.

We were up in the gods behind the commentators and I could see the handball from there, and the lino put his flag across his chest immediately. The referee blew very quickly but I'm not sure if he saw it himself. It ought to have been a red card, really, but in the end it didn't matter.

No booing in 526, except when the Mexican wave hit the Carlisle end.

Brilliant advice! We caught the 11:12 after leaving home at 09:30 and we got back at 17:42. £3.50 to park At the station. The only problem I had was when she refused to accept my senior railcard. It turned out I was showing her my bus pass!

You might avoid NI but you can't avoid tax. HMRC are very hot on this sort of thing these days.

Working time regulations (1998).. 28 days minimum paid leave, which can include public holidays.

It all depends on the contract of employment, I'm fairly sure.

FA Cup rules for those interested. Section 15 concenrs players' registrations and eligibility. http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACup/Rules

I would ask you to retract that statement. There's good and bad in everyone.

We only ever knew him as 'Spud'. He lived around Romsey somewhere and passed away many years ago. I used to bump into him going to away games. He must have been in his thirties when the cancer got him. RIP Spud, you and all the others who won't be able to be with us on Sunday.

Oradour-sur-Glane, just north of Limosges. It was mentioned at the beginning of 'World at War' http://www.oradour.info/

Fortunately I will have just scraped in on this one. I feel sorry for you youngsters though.

Not for women, and in these days of equality it has to be the same for both sexes. So it can be either 60 or 65, just so long as it's equal.

It should count itself lucky. I was once working in the garden whilst my wife was upstairs ironing. She emptied the contents of the steam iron over me. Luckily she didn't drop it.

Brilliant! I want one but not if any of the money goes to that lot. Can't it go to gun-runners in Somalia instead?

That would need a moleapult.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/mattslater/2010/03/taxman_beats_tactical_retreat.html Marginal seat? General election? Surely not?

http://www.cat-deterrent.co.uk/category/cat-deterrent worth trying just for the fun of watching: http://www.shopwiki.co.uk/Jet+Spray+Repeller+Garden+Products

Correct - it comes from watching Saints