Don't worry about the tickets - they won't sell out.

Beer really is £5 per pint, so drink the wine if you can take it - its decent stuff (always ask for the local house wine in a half/one litre carafe - all good stuff, red/white/rose) and FAR cheaper than the ale - something to do with the tax I think. Beer from shops is ok, but make sure its chilled - warm beer in Perp is absolute shiiite.

The ground is a good 30 minute walk, but the weather will be warm and if you've got a bottle of wine (or cheap frog brandy and a bottle of coke

) its a gentle stroll. There is also a RL friendly bar just before you get to the ground - you can't miss it.

Enjoy - its a great experience!!!

Don't be silly enough to pay onto the tour buses, they have two doors front and back, just jump on the back



P.S Tio Pepe's night bar is the best in Perpignan by far, the bar near the Castle is the place to drink during the day, the bar staff enjoy the RL banter and they usually have a decent selection of sports on.

Oh and one last thing, I hope you have got some decent money to take with you because it is fecking expensive over there.

Alot of our lot ended up on the wine, one bottle is just cheaper than two pints if I remember correctly.

Not planned! but going to Barcelona with the wife and Hull are playing Cats at Bezier the same weekend . Anyone got any tips how to get there and back, she will hate me for this if it takes to much out of the weekend but what the hell?

There is a direct train from Barca to Perp but I would have a look at avaliablity before you get there, we foolishly assumed it wouldn't be sold out and ended up on the longest train journey ever known to man.

Unless you drive it, it is not possible to get there and back in the day.

There are only a couple of long distance international trains from Barcelona in to France each day, roughly one in the morning and one late afternoon / evening. The latter would probably mean that you missed the game.

Google 'Seat 61' for details of how to obtain tickets / train times etc.

It's not as cheap as you might think either ....