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One of these https://vortexoptics.com/red-dots/sp...r-red-dot.html. Second hand from Ebay £140 :)

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Originally Posted by Ramrod (Post 35995469)

One of these https://vortexoptics.com/red-dots/sp...r-red-dot.html. Second hand from Ebay £140 :)

Nice :tu::sniper:

Re: What have you just bought?

A tank of diesel for my courtesy car. Haven't bought one of those for a while. 3p a litre more than super unleaded - ouch!

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35996403)

A 2020 Calendar.

It's been cancelled due to brexit.

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35996406)

It's been cancelled due to brexit.

:D:D

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35996403)

A 2020 Calendar.

Bloody hell that's a bit too early.

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 35996476)

Bloody hell that's a bit too early.

We like to get couple of calendars early as if you tried later in the year to buy them they would be sold out.

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OnePlus7 Pro (Nebula Blue, 8GB/256GB) from John Lewis (they will deliver to my local Waitrose by 2pm tomorrow).

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35996696)

OnePlus7 Pro (Nebula Blue, 8GB/256GB) from John Lewis (they will deliver to my local Waitrose by 2pm tomorrow).

Very nice Hugh.

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35992225)

Any hints/tips, especially about restaurants/bars, would be most welcome.

Sorry I forgot all about this.

My comments on Rome are :

Get a tour for the Colosseum - we didn't, and I regret not doing that - listening to some of the other tours going on I think it would have really added to the experience.
If you go without a tour guide, be warned you get timed tickets - we turned up, at midday, to be told we could get tickets that allow us in at 5pm... so either go with a tour guide, or plan ahead (you can buy online).

You can probably go without a tour for the vatican - I liked it, but the wife and kids found it a bit much - there was a lot of details on how the paintings were done, which I enjoyed, but the others, not so. Again, timed tickets without a guide, so plan ahead and get 'skip the queue' tickets. The queues for the vatican were crazy - we were walking for a good 5 minutes to get past the queues to join our tour group.

We used https://citywonders.com/ for our tour.

In terms of places to eat, I can't really recommend anything in particular - we were close to the Pantheon - and in the square in front of it there's a load of restaurants there and we ate in a few there - the food was nice, and whilst it did seem a bit of a tourist spot there were locals there too. Expensive though.

Piazza Navona was just a little way over from us - again, lots of restaurants there, very much a tourist spot, and more expensive than any of the other places - but food was good, and it's a nice view. Worth having a look in the evening around there, since they have some entertainment.

Our AirBnB host sent us some recommendations, but we didn't use them (other than the ice cream shop GIOLITTI which was very good)

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RESTAURANTS
Casa Coppelle: Via delle Coppelle 49 / tel. 0668891707 (PANTHEON)

Scusate il ritardo – Piazza della Rotonda, 6. (PANTHEON) tel. +39 06 688 09 350

Ditirambo Piazza della Cancelleria, 74-75, (CAMPO DE' FIORI) tel. 06 687 1626

Osteria il sostegno, Via delle Colonnelle, 5 (PANTHEON) tel.06 679 3842(also for lunch)

Gusto, Piazza Augusto Imperatore, 28 (also for brunch/lunch) Largo dei Lombardi, 16
(VIA DEL CORSO)
tel: +39 06.68134221

Gina: Via di San Sebastianello, 7A (also for lunch) tel.06 678025
(SPANISH STEP)

Pizzeria La Montecarlo, Vicolo Savelli, 13 tel. 06 686 1877
(PIAZZA NAVONA)

Pizzeria LA FOCACCIA Via della Pace 11 (PIAZZA NAVONA)

In MONTI area:
Cuoco e Camicia Via di Monte Polacco 2/4 tel.0688922987
Il Tettarello, Via dei Capocci 5, tel.064742130
L'Asino d'Oro, Via del Boschetto 73, tel. 0648913832

Here are Ice Cream Shops that I suggest:
LA ROMANA Via Cola di Rienzo n 2 (close to Vatican)
FATA MORGANA Via Laurina 10 (close to Via del Babuino & Piazza del Popolo)
GIOLITTI Via degli Uffici del Vicario 40 (close to Via del Corso)

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Though speaking of food - on the first night there, my son ordered this piece of fine cuisine, so maybe you don't want to follow our suggestions for food :)

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Renewed my makeup from the Clinque counter in Debenhams,

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Originally Posted by Mr_love_monkey (Post 35998010)

Though speaking of food - on the first night there, my son ordered this piece of fine cuisine, so maybe you don't want to follow our suggestions for food :)

Crikey Fine cuisine they really have gone to town there Mr LM.;)

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Originally Posted by joglynne (Post 35998055)

Shoes.

You must have a hundred pairs of shoes now Jo.:D