Archive for September, 2006

Laytown Races

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

Time to lose my shirt. Laytown races have the proud boast to be the only (legal) beach races in Europe. From 3.30pm to 6.15 six races are held every year on the strand between Bettystown and Laytown, a distance of a mile or two. Furlongs bedamned, it looks like a long ...

Reunion

Friday, September 8th, 2006

Thursday night I went to my first ever class reunion at my old college in Dubin.I didn't have any Idea what to expect, and almost backed out of it at the last minute, worried that it might be a bit awkward. I had only kept in touch with one of them, Bren, ...

My Red Notebook

Friday, September 8th, 2006

I found my old notebook last night, buried under some old boxer shorts I haven't worn for at least a decade in the back of a cupboard at home. Its an old red book that I used to scribble teenage attempts at songs when I first decided to learn guitar ...

Resurrection Dog

Friday, September 8th, 2006

That little cute fur ball of a dog that I buried in my back garden last week has come back to haunt me. And he's got a rotten sense of humour.

A Rolf Harris Pet Vet Moment

Friday, September 8th, 2006

I had to bury a little dog in my back garden last night. He was a small little golden haired furball with a tiny little face poking out of his fluffy mane, and I found him lying on the side of the road. He looked more like a girls furry ...