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31 May 2009

Tweet And so with a shower of shiny confetti and applause, the saga that has been this year’s Britain’s Got Talent has ended. Of course the main news of the night is that Northern Scotland’s musical conundrum, Susan Boyle didn’t take the top prize but was in fact second overall, losing out to one of [...]

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Ireland Day Three: Burren, Clonmacnoise, Locke’s Distillery and Dublin

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27 May 2009

TweetSunday dawned bright and clear and the bovine inhabitants of Doolin gazed cheerfully around us as we prepared to leave the town. As the bus was getting ready to go, the owner of the hostel where we had stayed asked, quite seriously, if any of us wanted to stay behind as his current lodger and [...]

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Ireland Day Two: Dingle, Doolin, Clare and the Cliffs of Moher

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26 May 2009

TweetOn Saturday morning, I awoke to the sound of a torrential downpour loud enough to wake me before my alarm. This was especially unfortunate as our guide Kevin had specifically asked us all to pray for clear weather as Saturday was the day we were meant to drive along the south and south-west coastline of [...]

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Ireland Day One: Dublin, Tipperary, Cork and Killarney

In: Travel Blog

25 May 2009

TweetI’m less than five hours off the plan from Dublin and now facing the daunting task of recapping the last four days before I begin to forget all the wonderful details. Suffice it to say, my trip to Ireland was one of my favourites so far (although I find myself saying that every time I [...]

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Travelling Again (Text Message Updates for 2009-05-24)

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24 May 2009

Tweet Beautiful morning for my last full day in ireland. Of to see more of clare and a whiskey factory today! # Hostel owner asked our bus if anyone wanted to stay in ireland and work these. Was actually tempted to get back off the bus… # Off to see an ancient celtic portal tomb. [...]