: Tue May 05, 2009 10:43 am  

rugbyreddog wrote:

But there were two extra sets of supporters attending this year. 14 teams as opposed to 12.

That tends to be forgotten, when reading stats for attendances all year. Well that's how I've seen it all season so far

: Tue May 05, 2009 10:43 am  

rugbyreddog wrote:

But there were two extra sets of supporters attending this year. 14 teams as opposed to 12.

Not exactly.

It is fair to assume that the people who were there following the Celtic Crusaders this year, may have been suitably interested to go and watch the Magic Weekends in the last couple of years when it was on their own doorstep.

: Tue May 05, 2009 10:44 am  

tigertot wrote:

Another highlight was the food, much better than normal. I lived on chips & curry sauce, it was so cold out of the sun that by the time you got back to your seat it had congealed into a strange gelatinous mass with stone cold chips underneath. Tasted great though.

nice, did the condensation from the plastic box sit on top of the curry sauce too?

: Tue May 05, 2009 7:01 pm  

My pics from the weekend on facebook. Bloody loved it!

My pics from the weekend on facebook. Bloody loved it!

: Tue May 05, 2009 8:25 pm  

Going to have to fly up for next year - sounds to have been a right laugh / sad I missed it.

: Tue May 05, 2009 8:54 pm  

Bullpower wrote:

Going to have to fly up for next year - sounds to have been a right laugh / sad I missed it.

Get the Penzance Edinburgh train you lightweight. It's only about 11 hours.

: Wed May 06, 2009 7:31 am  

tigertot wrote:

Get the Penzance Edinburgh train you lightweight. It's only about 11 hours.

Looked into that already. Trains range from 9hrs 14 mins to 20hrs 6 mins - and take your pick on the number of changes

. . . . . . although . .. . there would be a bar/drinks

: Wed May 06, 2009 8:17 am  

Bullpower wrote:

:lol:

Looked into that already. Trains range from 9hrs 14 mins to 20hrs 6 mins - and take your pick on the number of changes

. . . . . . although . .. . there would be a bar/drinks

I got the Penzance Edinburgh train on the way up, & the return as well. Went like a dream. You would have the advantage of an empty train at your end at least. Also you will be quite merry when the drunk Scottish squaddies get on with their 'music'.

: Wed May 06, 2009 10:22 am  

Bullseye wrote:

I was a bit knackered walking up to row X with a pint every so often

A bit?? You had to stop for a rest halfway up!

Having been to both Cardiff and Edinburgh I think Cardiff slightly edges it for me, purely because of the stadium location, which made for a better atmosphere in the pubs around the stadium, however I did like the concourse of Murrayfield, even though it was fecking freezing when the sun went in.

Overall a thoroughly superb weekend. Definitely doing it again next year.

: Thu May 07, 2009 12:08 pm  

Didn't go but had the shock of my life when the commentary said Macca had been suffering with flu all week. Does anyone else think he should have been tested for swine flu before entering a stadium packed with thousands of people? I'm not that keen with the idea of our team being infected either but on a positive note at least he would have to drop Platt then.