SUNDAY 29TH-GREAT DEAL WITH B&B IS NO PHONE NO CLOCK AND AS WE FOUND USUALLY A PRETTY COMFORTABLE BED, BUT MY PERSONAL CLOCK SAID UP A 7AM. THAT SAID I DID GET TO BE THE 7LADIES PERSONAL DOOR KNOCKER ALARM CLOCK FOR THE NEXT 13 SOME DAYS. MARY WAS KIND ENOUGH TO BRING ME SOME COFFEE, IT WAS 'EARLY' ENOUGH THAT THE STORE/OFF LICENSE [BOOZE] WASN'T OPEN UNTIL 9ISH-SO NO PAPER. THAT HABIT ALSO FADED PRETTY DARN FAST. WELL THE BIG NEWS IN GALWAY WAS T...

WELL I HAVE TO ADMIT I'M AN ELECTRON SNOB; DEALING WITH EURO/POUND MINUTE BY MINUTE CHARGES-THRU POP UP ADVERTISING AND AT 56k/OLD SCHOOL 'DIAL UP SPEED' DIDN'T WORK FOR ME. SO I'M GOING TO TAKE LIBERTIES WITH TIME-CIRCUMSTANCE AND TRAVEL.FRIDAY THE 27TH; WELL WE MADE IT TO SEATAC WITH TIME TO SPARE; AND MAINTAINING BERTMAN PROMPTNESS FORM INGA WAS THE LAST IN. WE DID HEAR FROM AMANDA THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD BOLIXED UP HER FLIGHT AND SHE WOULD B...

WELL WE MADE IT TO GALWAY AND MEET MOLLY-AMANDA'F FLIGHT WAS DELAYED IN BALTIMORE-BUT SHE'LL BE HERE TODAY ON THE BUS. YESTERDYA WE WERE OFF TO THE ARAN ISLANDS AND THE ABBEY AT A KYLEMORE. TODAY -MONDAY - WLAKING ABOUT [AND SHOPPING IN GALWAY] FOLLOWED BY THE RACES TONITE. WE'LL POST MORE TOMMORROW, WITH OUR WINNINGS.