On the train again.....

This time it is Dublin to Cork. Rang Ger in Cork this morn and reckoned all looking for me. Dublin has been very good to me, Peter the perfect host, showed me his school and his great grandfather had gone to the same school so it was special for us. Went to Trinity and it was literally a melting pot of students, visitors and a hive of activity, yet so relaxed and little wonder it is renowned worldwide apart from it being the home of the Book of Kellsthe guys were playing cricket all in the heart of a bustling city. Took a walk up Grafton street and it was like Freo on a Sunday with a hundred times more buskers. We got Chicken wings at the Elephant and Castle, a must eat in Dublin, apparently!! (not sure about all the Balsamic)
Yesterday was a cracker, we took ourselves off to Loughcrew, a cairn that is dated back to 3500bc and we had the key!! In we went and some of our pics tell the story far better than I could.
Cairn T, One of the largest tombs in the complex is positioned so as to be at the highest point of the whole complex. similar in design to Newgrange). Orientated to the Spring Equinox, it possesses a total of 19 decorated orthostats, 2 decorated sill-stones, 8 decorated roof-stones and 1 decorated kerbstone (Shee Twohig 1981, 214).
The wind and cold made for a most enjoyable and challenging walk up to the Cairn. An interesting remark from a lad we met, you could see 13 counties from this spot.
And where did we end up but in a pub in the back of Co Meath and witness Man City's dramatic winning of the premiership.
A huge thanks to Carla and Paddy, Tilly and Peter and all the animals and birds for making it such a wonderful and tranquil stay.