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Re: Clermont Vs Ulster 10/11 Jan

Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 5:12 pm
by boysontour2
8 of us flying Belfast - Paris Friday night, train to Clermont early saturday and back the next day. About £140 all in - not bad!
Where are people staying in Clermont?

Re: Clermont Vs Ulster 10/11 Jan

Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 9:09 pm
by Neill_M
boysontour2 wrote: Fri Dec 06, 2019 5:12 pm 8 of us flying Belfast - Paris Friday night, train to Clermont early saturday and back the next day. About £140 all in - not bad!
Where are people staying in Clermont?
Bold Strategy. I hope you have given yourself enough wriggle room re the train arriving in Clermont, checking in etc for a 2pm kick off😀

Re: Clermont Vs Ulster 10/11 Jan

Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2019 1:14 pm
by Neill_M
Tickets available to STHs. General sale on Monday. Good number of Ulster fans have bought for the Tribune Auvergne.

Re: Clermont Vs Ulster 10/11 Jan

Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2019 4:53 pm
by BR
Tickets also available ASM website.

Re: Clermont Vs Ulster 10/11 Jan

Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2020 10:48 am
by justinr73
Currently expected to be 10 degrees with sunny intervals.

No sign of the tickets on my doormat yet.

Re: Clermont Vs Ulster 10/11 Jan

Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2020 5:01 pm
by justinr73
Posted on NYE apparently.

Now if the French transport strike would settle.......

Re: Clermont Vs Ulster 10/11 Jan

Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2020 7:16 pm
by HwoodMike2umate
With a 2pm kickoff we will hopefully be boarding their version of the Gliderbus (BUS B) @ Jaude stop (Rue Blatin, right beside Carrefour) by 12noon. 15 minute journey to Stade De Michelin. Slainte.

Re: Clermont Vs Ulster 10/11 Jan

Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2020 11:34 pm
by justinr73
I’m more concerned about the trains from Paris and back!

Surprised you’re not walking to the ground Mike. Plenty of bars on the way.

Re: Clermont Vs Ulster 10/11 Jan

Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2020 11:46 pm
by Neill_M
justinr73 wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2020 11:34 pm I’m more concerned about the trains from Paris and back!

Surprised you’re not walking to the ground Mike. Plenty of bars on the way.
The tram does have a stop at the ground to be fair😉 So the tickets were sent from Ravenhill on Tuesday?

Re: Clermont Vs Ulster 10/11 Jan

Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2020 11:58 pm
by justinr73
Yep. Mrs justinr73 called the ticket office today.

Re: Clermont Vs Ulster 10/11 Jan

Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:38 am
by HwoodMike2umate
Pre match gathering on Saturday all a bit hectic given the 2pm kickoff time but plenty of time for leisurely pints on Sunday for post match analysis and watching the Leinster and Munster games somewhere. Any particular venue(s) that are showing the rugby and that Ulster folk are likely to be in? We don't leave until Monday.

Re: Clermont Vs Ulster 10/11 Jan

Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:51 am
by Neill_M
HwoodMike2umate wrote: Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:38 am Pre match gathering on Saturday all a bit hectic given the 2pm kickoff time but plenty of time for leisurely pints on Sunday for post match analysis and watching the Leinster and Munster games somewhere. Any particular venue(s) that are showing the rugby and that Ulster folk are likely to be in? We don't leave until Monday.
Cafe Pascal on the Place de la Victorie, beside the Cathedral show all the rugby and it is where everyone heads to.

Re: Clermont Vs Ulster 10/11 Jan

Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 2:17 pm
by BR
Unions are calling for protests on Thursday. Could be fun if air traffic controllers downtools again.

Re: Clermont Vs Ulster 10/11 Jan

Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 2:27 pm
by BR
On a more+be note. Decathlon have a good discount on their thermals.

Re: Clermont Vs Ulster 10/11 Jan

Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 3:09 pm
by MightyRearranger
BR wrote: Fri Jan 03, 2020 2:17 pm Unions are calling for protests on Thursday. Could be fun if air traffic controllers downtools again.
I was in France when they were on strike in December and most of the international flights still seemed to be going, with the vast majority of the cancellations being on internal routes. I'm not sure whether or not that was the result of some sort of policy, but it would make sense to try and keep the headlines around disruption to a minimum overseas. About 90% of the TGV's were cancelled though, along with a similarly high percentage of the TERs, so getting to Clermont from Paris CDG would be more likely to be a problem.