Bristol

Last weekend we went to Bristol - Sue had an event on the Sunday, but we went down on the train on Saturday had a bit of a walk around town. We watched some football in a Pub to get out of the rain and then went bact to the hotel to watch Australia get beat by Scotland in the rugby

Later in the evening we went into town and had the world's worst pub meal. If you ever get the chance to go to the pub in Bristol where Louis Stevenson is reputed to have written Treasure Island for a meal dont bother. This was the mixed platter (sorry Fran - i remember suggesting you get this)

After our dinner we walked around town a bit - there are some interesting sights and sites. Some of the young girls were very under-dressed for the weather.

Bristol is an interesting town and we will probably go back for a good look around. On the Sunday i borrowed a bike from the Hotel while Sue did her event and rode around for a couple of hours. My first ride in 6 months. The bike was a small mountain bike - the handle bars were loose, the bike was not set up right and they gave me a helmet which would only have fitted on my small head, so i left that behind. Riding on UK roads is a very interesting experience.

Some of the architecture is fantastic but some parts of the town are, like everywhere in the world (think Northbridge 0r Balga in Perth), a bit ordinary. The work that has been done around the Harbour is modern and people told me an improvement on what preceded it.

One of the more interesting sights is the open air loo in the middle of the city centre. I thought this was unique (and i would love to see a woman use it) but actually when you start to look around you see them in other places too (like just outside the embankment station). It is a great solution to stop pissed people peeing in the street or in shop fronts (yet it happens).

Overall it was a nice weekend - i am looking forward to the next trip (next year now).