Ok well the weather in Ireland has been all that we expected and more! The past couple of days have been filled with snow, sleet and hail, luckily we have the hire car so that we could crank up the heaters and stay warm! We spent St Pats Day in Cork, arrived the day before and managed to find a B&B. The parade was pretty cool, filled with giant worms, scorpians and the obligatory community groups and brass bands. We then found a pub, the rugby was on (Irela...

Hello there.I just wanted to thank everybody for all the lovely birthday wishes they sent! I had a lovely day, started off with a bit of a sleep in, then onto the supermarket for some flavoured milk and croissants which we took to the gardens in Chester for breakfast. Then it was transit time, we took the train to Liverpool, the bus in Liverpool to the airport, the the plane to Dublin and the bus into Dublin city, so I did get a little grumpy while all this was h...

Just a quick note to let everyone know that I've found my spiritual home - Hendersons Public House (Pub) in Kilkenney. Had to stop in and enjoy a pint of Guinness. It tasted almost as good as the free pint that we got after doing the Guinness Storehouse tour this morning in Dublin. Heading to Cork tomorrow for St. Patricks day. Should be a right good craic :-) Paul.