So who is making the trip to Toulouse in March?

I went last year with the fax fans it is a good trip, am booking mine this week and hope to see the mighty cougars there in force



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If you stay in the IBIS centre hotel it is quite cheap and near the irish bar and another english bar.

UP THE COUGARS

I'll be going down.

I think I'll be going by train (which amazingly takes less than 13 hours) and I'll have a couple of nights in Paris before returning for the Batley game on the Thursday.

Not me. Cubs Under 10's commitments come 1st.

Why not organise a curtain raiser?

BMI Baby fly direct from Leeds to Toulouse worth a look.

I had a look on their site and couldn't find owt.

They had direct flights from Manchester but they only depart Wednesday and Sundays for around the time of our game.

I wish the Tourlouse matches were the other way around.

The home game would be much better in March and the away in July could give us a bit of sun.

Would say you're better off staying at the Ibis opposite the station; only 5-10 minutes walk from the other one, and the rooms are substantially bigger.

Jet2 do flights from Leeds-Bradford to that region, don't they? BMI Baby fly Wednesday's, Friday's and Sunday's from Manchester, RyanAir on Thursday's, Saturday's and Sunday's from Liverpool.

To Carcassonne

Jet 2 do fly from Yeadon to Toulouse, but only between Late May and Late September.

Ryanair are starting flights from Yeadon to Carcassone the week after our game and are only doing Wednesday/Sunday flights there out of Liverpool because it's not peak season.

Cheapest flying wise i've found is either going via Amsterdam from Manchester or going from gatwick.

Because of the time of year it's a pain in the backside.

Lets all get a double decker bus

There's a song in there somewhere

dont think March would qualify as a summer holiday lol!

I fancy going, staying the night before the game, and the night of the game itself. Not sure how to get there yet, although flying is the obvious one.
By train, SC? How does that pan out, time and cost-wise?

The best way i think is fly Friday morning from East Midlands to Carcassone then you fly back Monday morning, for the flight and 3 nights in Ibis it is around £130 per person.

i have looked at all other possible ways to get there from other airports you can fly from Bristol thats about it.

It is worth the trip it is good laugh over there hope we can take a good following

How much is it going by submarine?

7 years in the navy

If you go the quickest way on the early Kings Cross train (0601) on the Friday but the price is ridiculous. You'd arrive in Toulouse around half 7 in the evening their time though.

Friday is also dearer for Eurostar but this below so this was the the best I could find pricewise. (Based on March 5th as prices for 19th not available yet)

1040 Leeds-King Cross arr 1310
1502 St Pancras-Paris Gare du Nord arr 1917 (local time)
2256 Paris Austerlitz-Toulouse Matabiau arr 0643 Saturday morning.

This cost just short of £90 but two thirds of that was the Eurostar because they seem to double their prices for the weekend.

Not sure if anyone's posted this but it worked out cheapest for some last year flying in to Carcassone then about a half hour train ride in to Toulouse.

yeah thats what i have priced and it is cheapest option.

Looked at flights last night and we can get flights from Bristol - Toulouse, Toulouse - Bristol, flying out Friday and back on Sunday with easyjet, for less than £91 for two people, which seems pretty cheap. Of no use to anyone else I realise that, hope you can all get it sorted be it train or plane.

If you can bothered to get to Southampton I think it's even cheaper. But again, I'm going off last season.

Anyone seriously think it would be a good idea to get a coach sorted? Probably about 24 hours on the coach or something, but surely it would be a good laugh with the help of alcohol all the way?

I think a train trip sounds like a laugh, making it a two-night away trip (saturday/sunday nights). SC, I presume that rough price you quoted was a return?

Single i'm afraid.

Keighley to London about £15

Eurostar £60

Paris to Toulouse £15 (provided you don't want a bed on the sleeper train.)

This would drop to around £60 if you left on Thursday as Eurostar is cheaper.

Other thing to bear in mind is you wouldn't have to travel as light as on a low cost airline who'll charge a tenner a pop just to check a bag on not to mention all the other charges they sneak in.