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I thoroughly enjoyed my Bristol expedition. It was brilliant, I have fallen in love with the city. It has some of the best city pubs I have been to, we went to 5 in total ranging from gas-lit Victorian pubs to a 18th Century gem situated in the middle of a business park. This was one of the great things about Bristol, you'd be walking through some 1980's monstrousities and then bump into a timber clad Shakespearean building. Then you get into the old city and everything is grand and georgian and there's a really cool vibe to the place.


We walked up to the famous Suspension bridge, which was amazing, and made poor Tom's legs turn to jelly as his body refused to walk across it. He doesn't normally suffer from vertigo, but there was something unnatural about being so high above a sheer drop with merely a few inches of stone beneath his feet. He willed himself across and then back again to make sure.

The gig itself was incredible, I love Belle & Sebastian and haven't seen them before so this was fantastic. They played an old songs set, mainly from 'If You're Feeling Sinister' with a few new ones to remind us they have a new album out. Stuart Murdoch made an amiable front man with just the right amount of chat inbetween songs. The best songs were Dirty Dream Number 2, If You Find Yourself Caught in Love and Judy and the Dream of Horses, but the whole thing was top.


The hotel was cool and modern and well worth the bargain web price we paid for it, but not worth the £140 full price you should have paid. We went to a super modern Micro Brewery and ate delicious pizzas for dinner and sampled their Black Lager and Pale Ale. All in all a really cool midweek break.