Wales face New Zealand in Cardiff

In what is one of the more interesting international rugby matches of the southern-hemisphere's winter tour, Wales take on the All Blacks at the Millenium Stadium, Cardiff on the 7th of November. Wales will be hoping to bounce back after a rather disappointing Six Nations Campaign, and New Zealand will provide a tough test, as always.

This is a sold out match and the atmosphere is likely to be electric, as it was in the corresponding fixture last year which New Zealand won 9-29.



If you are looking for a hotel in Cardiff, the Village venue is an excellent option.

Hemel Hempstead Attractions

Ive been asked down to Hemel Hempstead for a few days visit. Having never been there in my life, ive been researching the town to find out what i could get up to whilst im there. The Wikipedia entry has been helpful (i didnt actually know it was a new town with a population of 80,000!), and there is apparently a nice Hemel Hempstead Hotel just outside the town. Hemelweb's guide to the area has also been a great help. There should be plenty to be getting on with anyway - ill report back on my return!

* Good news everyone - you can now keep up to date with Hotels in the UK on BlogCatalog - happy reading.

Steve Coogan UK Tour

Comic legend Steve Coogan hits the road again later this year for a 40 date UK Tour. Titled by the hilariously accurate moniker of "Steve Coogan is Alan Partridge and other less successful characters", we've already booked our tickets for the Glasgow show and cannot wait. Heres hoping that we see the continual downfall of Alan Partridge, Paul Calf insulting students, Duncan Thicket, Tony Ferrino (works better live than on TV) and an apperance by Tommy Saxondale - a very underrated series.

The tour starts in October and venues are set to include Stoke-on-Trent, Oxford, Wolverhampton, Derby, two nights in Nottingham, Blackburn, Liverpool, Ipswich, Bristol, Norwich (up with The Partidge!). Other venues include Southend, Sheffield, Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester, Portsmouth, Brighton, Blackpool, Bournemouth, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Newcastle and Leeds. In order to avoid dissapointment we would recommend booking hotel rooms early (check here for some good offers) - especially in the bigger towns and cities. Brighton Hotels, Glasgow, Leeds and Norwich are all likely to be very busy.

Edinburgh International Festival 2008 - Hotels

Edinburgh International Festival 2008 - 8th-31st August

The 2008 festival due to kick off on the 8th of August. As always, there is a huge range of events from classical music, theatre, opera and dance to the interctive entertainment festival . You can see a preview video here.

The key venues used throughout Edinburgh are the Usher Hall (capacity 2,300), Festival Theatre (1,800), Edinburgh Playhouse (2,900), King’s Theatre (1,300), Royal Lyceum Theatre (650), The Queen’s Hall (920) and The Hub (420).

Hotels in Edinburgh

Demand for hotels in Edinburgh is predictably huge during the festival period, therefore our advice would be to book as soon as possible to avoid any misshaps. According to Expedia, Edinburgh has the top hotel in Europe!.

Some great advice can be found here:

• Hotelbook travel Guide
• Edinburgh Weekend Breaks
• Hotel guide
• Arriving in Edinburgh

Touring Edinburgh & Scotland

Whilst not enhancing your cultural standing, Edinburgh is a superb city with many spectacular visitor attractions, including this, Ghost Hunting and one on the world’s greatest golf courses. The people are also very welcoming and it is famous for one of the world’s greatest Hogmany parties.

Scotland itself is a beautiful country, take a trip to the stunning Scottish Highlands, Harry Potter was filmed up here!, also Scotlands biggest city Glasgow is only 45 minutes away!.

Need hotels in Glasgow for Def Leppard (17/6/08) ?

Hotels in Glasgow for Def Leppard

Yep-that's right Def Leppard are back on tour. They are playing the SECC in Glasgow on the 17th of June, which is sure to be a fantastic show-Whitesnake provide the support. A couple of us from here are heading along, hoping desperately to hear 'Pour some sugar on me' . If i was recommending hotels in Glasgow for the gig i would probably go for the Ramada Glasgow City as its only five minutes walk away. Now let's rock!

Hotels In Bighton - A Big Thanks!

Brighton - Party Town!

Last weekend was my cousins stag weekend in Brighton and it's only now that im beginning to enter the real world. As it was felt that I had some expertise in the area I was put in charge of finding the best hotel deals we could get. After a few rejections and intense negotiations I managed to get us a good deal here, after promising to that we would be on our best behaviour....

Glasgow - First Pint 5.30am

5.30am in Glasgow Airport (Smeato's work) - 'Fancy a pint mate?'-just what I needed, a pre-breakfast lager!.....only 48 hours to go!...........

Our flight was left Glasgow at 7.30am prompt and we arrived at Gatwick Airport at 830am. We grabbed the shuttle from Gatwick to the train station and from there a seamless transfer down to Brighton.

Brighton - cool hotel

Having not been in Brighton for around 20 years, it was great to return. It was amazing how much of the place was familiar-the pier and the beach had obviously made an impression all those years ago. After checking into the Brighton hotel we were staying at, we then headed out and had some fun - however as im sure you are aware, 'what happens on the stag, stays on the stag'.

Stranded at Gatwick Airport

The return journey was not quite as smooth-we somehow go split up and 7 of us missed our return flight to Glasgow! This was mainly due to one group taking an earlier shuttle train and catching the flight without us (thanks guys). Stranded in Gatwick we had to come up with a plan . Luckily, most of us had the next day off and we were able to check in with no problems at all at the nearby Gatwick Airport Hotel, where we had a much needed lie down and brekfast.

Returning to Glasgow early the next morning the general consensus was that everyone had survived and it had all been worth it. I would recommend Brighton for any stag party-there's loads to do and the whole place has a great atmosphere in the summer.

Next month-its my best friend's stag in Leeds!.

Norwich - Good family break

Ramada Norwich - heritage family break

Norwich offers a great relaxing family break location. With it's medieval surroundings and it's links to the Royal family, Norwich makes a great location for a fun relaxing family break.

Cheap rates in Glasgow

Need a cheap hotel for Jimmy Carr

My friends son asked me to find him a hotel in Glasgow for the Jimmy Carr concert. It needed to be cheap, easy to get to the venue and near bars.



After a bit of digging around I found the Ramada Jarvis Glasgow. It is located on Ingram St. in Merchant City; Merchant City is well know if it's bars, restaurants and clubs so it was perfect for him. And finally the price, it was only 59 per person which is very reasonable for Glasgow, especially where the Ramada Glasgow is located in the heart of the city.