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Glenmalure? Well the B&B hostess was well used to walkers and was welcoming and hospitable. The next door Lodge had all the solids and liquids you could want, a large screen showing sport and sociable bar staff and clientele …. however, the local weather forecast was rain all day which was half correct. More correctly

despite my self-imposed grounding things looked up as they had a sports bar (Guinness! rugby! football! golf!) and a special on in the restaurant ( Montepulciano! Ribs!! Lamb shank!!! Banoffee pie!!!!) so it was a leisurely start today… had to work through breakfast first Suitably fortified time to hit the trail …. it might just

another craicing local bar, banter a-plenty with fine chaps, drinks flowing, oh how we chatted away then patting of backs, shaking of hands, smiles all around … but regrettably without the aid of subtitles I’ve no idea what we were talking about. I’ll stop the cheap Irish comparisons although it would help if another 2

Despite or because of the significant Vitamin G intake last night I was early to rise and it was glorious smashing lovely to see clear blue skies. I was staying a stone’s throw from Croke Park and so felt inspired over bacon n egg butties by previous English great sporting and athletic achievements… which probably

luckily Dublin has a few pubs to wash away the emotional trauma brought on by the ‘can’t do enough fir you …. so we won’t bother’ Failte welcome dished out by a combo of Aer Lingus and the local bus service. Driven to drink, me   But the pub is doing what pubs do and