A weekend in Dublin

Sunday evening and I am back at the flat having just dropped himself off at Dublin airport. It has been a lovely weekend, albeit less than 48 hours for yer man, but the start of 30 days in Ireland for me. The trip is tinged with sadness in that we can have this extended break in Dublin because there’s no one waiting at home in Beckenham for us now that Mum has gone.

When we started the blog it was to keep both Mary T and Mum up to date and share experience with them Now with both gone I am keeping writing knowing that they will be reading it somewhere looking down on us.

I know that Mum would certainly have had a laugh when I told her about going to Smyths Toy Superstore in Tallaght to buy Evelyn’s 4^th birthday present. Tallaght for those that are not familiar with was a new town built in the 1970’s by a blind & deaf town planner who did not realise that people might actually live in the houses, need shops, schools and public transport links. Now nearly 50 years later they have some form of all but the dreadful town planning left its mark and even the dogs walk in pairs for safety. I had just got out of the car when I am accosted by a woman with a very strong Dublin accent asking me “are you Irish love”, yes I say “well she says you’d want to see the state of the ones that just got on that bus”. Off to a stag weekend in Kilkenny and dressed like lamps to the slaughter.

Anyway moving quickly on as I established that even though it was only 2pm she’d definitely been in the pub. I am looking for a Lego set from which you would build a Vet practise. Not sure when you last bought a Lego set but it has changed beyond recognition with two large isles of choice but no vet practice kit. It was incredibly hard to find a kit that did not involve a woman/girl in pink, a boy in blue and normally the male doing the lead role. However I felt I struck lucky when I found a kit which featured a girl driving a speed boat and her mate running the bar on the beach!  I thought how ingenious of Lego to build a kit based on Mary C and myself!

The present was well received and a good time was had by all.