Advantages: Unspoilt, beautiful, different Disadvantages: Isolated, limited public transport
Clermont-Ferrand, in the Auvergne region of central France, is known as the home of Michelin tyres, but the city has much more too offer. Its history stretches back centuries, and it is located in the midst of some of the most beautiful and overlooked countryside in the whole of France. If you?ve ever looked at the picture of green volcanoes on the side of a Volvic bottle - that?s what you can see from any decent viewpoint in Clermont-Ferrand.
Clermont is fairly easy to get to, either by Eurostar (change to a French national train in Paris) or air (flights from Heathrow, but again, you will have to change in Paris). Both routes will probably cost about £100 per person. You can drive but be warned ? it is a long way, probably 9 or 10 hours from Calais. There are plenty of hotels and guesthouses to stay in, and all the usual tourist ...
The capacity is for roughly 2000 people so you always see people you know in there, and the bonus is that it's big enough to avoid people you don't want to see!
The Dome nightclub is located on Horsefair in Birmingham, about 5 minutes walk from New Street Station. It's not in the nicest part of town and you have to either walk under a scary underpass or risk your life crossing a dual carriageway to get there. There aren't really any decent bars nearby to go to first.
There's a lot of dodginess that goes on outside the club, with unlicensed mini cabs, boy racers racing up the dual carriageway, and sleazy guys trying to entice drunk girls into their cars.
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Queues can get quite long on a Friday or Saturday night so wrap up warm. Bouncers aren't fussy about girls. Large groups of blokes may have trouble getting in ...
MissDirect 07.01.2003 (04.09.2003)
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Advantages: Keeps children entertained for a couple of hours whilst you relax with a coffee Disadvantages: Little bit expensive
I recently had the pleasure of looking after my two nieces for a couple of days, (I had looked after them before but only for a couple of hours) the week before I had them I started to wonder how do I fill two days with a 4 year old and a 6 year old especially if it was raining.
I decided to have a look on the internet at local attractions (indoor), I didn't want to have to take them to far as I also have a 5 month old daughter to think about, she was the main reason I wanted to keep them busy, they end up playing with her else and lets say the 4 year old isn't exactly gentle.
I came across The Play Dome (www.theplaydome.com) which is only about 10 minutes away from where I live (Honiton, Devon), its an indoor play area with ball pools and slides etc, I thought this would be an ideal place to go with them.
So on the first day ...
