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3 minutes ago, frenchred said:

Message me if you need any info mate, glad to help

Thanks, I appreciate it. We're not going until October, but that'll give me plenty of time to compile a list of questions for you 

3 hours ago, frenchred said:

What a great story, we loved our time over there, truly a memorable experience

If your ever there the Indian was called L'Agra and was actually in blagnac close to the airport, another has since opened in Cornebarrieu, next to an expat bar that serves thatchers gold! Called Rajpoot, both worth a go!

11 hours ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

I have visited ‘La Ville Rose’ on numerous occasions, mostly for business reasons and, unfortunately, generally just for a day or two.

I do remember two magnificent meals there, though; one in the centre (the street directly opposite the railway station) and, memorably, in a relatively small village a few kilometres outside.

In the town centre restaurant, I was advised by my client to try the ‘magret en croute de sel’. I was extremely sceptical, but it was magnificent - the first and only time I have tried it.

The village restaurant remains one of my favourite experiences (of traditional French restaurants).

It was early lunchtime, and I had a few hours to spare, so stopped in this small village, intending to have a light lunch before my final meeting at 16H00.

Unfortunately, I was tempted by the ‘Plat du Jour’, a duck cassoulet, with which I ordered a pichet (25cl) of the local red wine.

So far, so good.

And then the owner/chef popped out to serve my starter (some homemade duck terrine) and my wine, explaining that the main course would be ready in a few minutes.

Upon hearing my accent, he sat down to chat (and share my pichet of wine).

Well, the pichet was finished pretty quickly, and he soon returned with a replacement, 50cl of a better wine, that would go better with my duck cassoulet and which, of course, we again shared - still no main course.

In fact, said my new found friend, he had some wonderful saucisses de Toulouse, which he would add to my cassoulet.

Oh, and of course, he would also replenish the now empty pichet.

And so it went on.

Finally, my cassoulet arrived (and it was truly magnificent), and I managed to leave at about 15H30 - the restaurant was long empty and, would you believe it, the lovely manager refused payment!

I slipped a generous tip under the place mat, but this remains one of my favourite ever meals, both for the food itself and the overall experience.

Can you imagine something similar in the UK?

 

 

Having just booked a trip to Toulouse, I wasn't expecting to visit a thread on Bristolian restaurants and find tips on where to go in Toulouse!

Crikey. I'm really looking forward to the end of this season. I can't even contemplate the thought of pre-season friendlies yet

2 hours ago, Ivorguy said:

A season or so back Otib was aflame with views saying referees were not giving City penalties, and some hinted at dark acts.

This season, to date, only Leicester have had more penalties than us.

Given the dubious nature of Saturday’s penalty I am deafened by the silence

You mean, aside from the big long thread discussing the decision to give the penalty?

22 minutes ago, The Humble Realist said:

The 5 mins started on 91 so that takes us to 96. 

There was an injury after that but not sure it lasted 2 minutes as the penalty was awarded on 98. 

Incidentally oleary and another stoppage in the 1st half only led to 2 minutes being added on so explain that one. 

I'm all FOR refs adding on time especially for time wasting but I think if we were huddersfield we would be livid. 

They wasted a LOT of time within injury time, so I think she'd have been well within her rights to play on to 100 minutes, to be honest.

1 hour ago, Northern Red said:

Prestwick? 

In terms of distance from Glasgow it's the equivalent of building an airport in Swindon and tacking Bristol onto its name.

Yes, that's the one.

Though, for some reason I do not remember them being quite so far apart. Certainly not the 45 minute drive that Google is suggesting!

Memory is a strange thing!

The only time I've ever taken a domestic flight was when our flight back from Málaga was cancelled, and the only flight available was to Glasgow. We then had to get across the city from one airport to the other (who even knew they had more than one airport ) for a flight back to Bristol.

Now that was an interesting adventure.

He had a good game, but he did seem to think he was a rugby referee with the amount of time he let play continue before coming back for a foul.

11 minutes ago, Mike Stone said:

I hope plans are being drawn up to give Rotherham a small section of the away end over by the Lansdown,  so we can give at least half the Atyeo to City fans.

Last games of the season are usually popular so we have a real opportunity to increase the attendance due to a very small away support.

I honestly don't think there'll be any need. 

17 hours ago, awbb said:

Incident in question - the last 3 or so minutes is all anyone need concern themselves with.

This man got upset and swears quite a bit, so don't bother if you are offended by such vulgarity.

I don't think I've ever been sat watching a City game, and thought to myself: "You know what would improve this experience - watching some shouty stranger on YouTube talking me through the game I'm already watching".

Bizarre.

14 hours ago, RedLionLad said:

Spotted on FB

Imagine meeting somebody, going back to their room and finding that...

48 minutes ago, Curr Avon said:

This week's edition...

David Squires on … 4.54 billion years of evolution leading to this

https://www.theguardian.com/football/picture/2024/apr/09/david-squires-billions-years-of-evolution-leading-to-this

 

I love David Squires, but I'm not ashamed to admit that I've literally no idea what this one is about!

13 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said:

 

You'd think the four-eyed shortarse might be kinder about making comments based on others appearance.

Can you leave us four-eyed shortarses out of it please.

56 minutes ago, Cowshed said:

It was Ian Wright. Dion Dublin thinks the Keeper should be losing his marker. Gary Linker thinks the rules should be changed.

Match of the day pundits opine regularly that ex pros should be a part of VAR decision making.

Gary Lineker slams Wolves VAR controversy and calls for major rule change after West Ham decision (msn.com)

 

Jesus, there's some utter dross from the so-called experts in that article.

If it wasn't an offence, then every team would get one player to permanently stand in front of the opposition goalkeeper to block his view. 

I do have a lot of sympathy for some of the decisions that have gone against Wolves this season, but this isn't one of them, and is one of the clearest offside decisions you will ever see.

47 minutes ago, Robbored said:

That wasn’t the VaR explanation Malt. The official VaR reckoned that the player ‘was blocking the keepers view’ 

How ridiculous is that?

Not ridiculous in the slightest. If he's blocking the keeper's view, and he's in an offside position, it's offside. Not sure how that's even debatable 

FFS Leeds, perfect chance to take advantage and they lose 

That tip on to the bar, after leaping up from the initial save was special.

Thanks AI...

5 hours ago, jambodinho said:

Malaga CF released their 120th anniversary shirt this morning and it’s sold out in no time. Looks great 

That is lovely. Might have to add it to my collection when I head there in the summer.

Recently purchased this beauty (which wouldn't look out of place as a City away shirt):

12 minutes ago, richwwtk said:

A couple of games aside I really don't agree with this.

I have been more entertained at Ashton gate under Manning than I ever was under the last couple of years under Lee Johnson, all of Dean Holden and a large part of Nigel Pearson's time with us.

Completely disagree with this.

With a few notable exceptions (Southampton, Leicester etc) I've been largely mind-numbingly bored by the vast majority of games since Manning took over. Certainly a lot more so than under previous managers.

Impeccable timing...

27 minutes ago, Markthehorn said:

They didn’t really think about how subjective and inconsistent the system would be run by humans .

Was always going to still be contentious unless just used for factual things .

And run by the mates of the referees on the pitch, so therefore very reluctant to ever overturn anything.

I was happily enjoying my bus ride in to work this morning, when I spied this out of my window. Ruined my day before it got started!

31 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said:

The City ad was shown on some cable TV channel. Might have been Quest.

It was on Sky Sports Tennis the other day.

19 hours ago, slartibartfast said:

Once again Norris didn't get a single mention in the BBC write up of the race, just the winner and how poorly Hamilton did , along with Russell . Has he done something to offend the hacks at the beeb, **** me , he IS British !

Unless we're looking at a different BBC report, I counted six separate mentions for Norris.