Yearly Archives: 2019

Well, I didn’t bite of more than I could chew, my two Marathons are things of the past. Despite the dire portents of ☁️ and ? and even ⚡️according to AccuWeather the overnight rain was all I had and by afternoon it was time to think ‘sweltering’. That was the good start to the day,

…completed

Thought it wise to get an early night and good sleep ahead of the 2 marathon days … plan was working well until ‘Im and ‘Er decided to have their domestic out in the street. Perhaps it was some form of urban realism theatre but at 2:30 am onwards it was not much appreciated. It

Carrick-on-Suir is a thing of the past, Clonmel is a thing of the present and Clogheen is a thing of the future. Here’s a pic of Carrick at its most atmospheric The early morning mist cleared, the sun came out again although given I’m always walking southwest so any tan will be curiously lopsided, like

Suspend all disbelief but I was in a pub last night (well, strictly speaking two pubs but that doesn’t invalidate the first point) and it struck me that as far as Irish pubs go: yes, many of them really do sell many other useful (depending on desire to get out the house) things, act as

All good clean fun in Inistioge last night. The 3rd generation owner was a fellow Gooner, one of the locals was a Sp*rs fan and instead of having to travel to eat and maybe watch the game I was able to stay put and do both. Kept up my Irish record of the boys winning

First up, Borris’ boozers are fun places. The Step House where I stayed was a touch of luxury with classy bar but when there’s footy to be watched and stout research to be undertaken then you need places like Joyce’s and O’Shea’s. Along with Osbournes of Clonegal they’re the sort of bar that not oonly

Sometimes people and places are just so smashing lovely. Sheila and Jo run a little B&B just outside Clonegal and they’re great. The tea and biccies on arrival, the garlic mushrooms, Irish stew and rhubarb crumble for supper and porridge and pancakes for brekkie all helped. And then Clonegal itself is a charming small village

Completed.

Props to O’Connors for most social crowd and barman. And best Mixed Grill. I don’t know if the accent is thinning or Guinness has translation properties given enough of it but we engaged in two-way repartee. I could easily deduce the three key areas of conversation: a) Brexit; b) Brexit and c) Brexit. Liam seemed