Camilla has always loved the Cranberries and we often play guitar and sing to some of their catchy tunes. As they had a concert in the Marquee in Cork City, we decided to make a family holiday of it. We stayed in an inner city hotel for five days and visited Cobh harbour (where the Titanic's fatal voyage left from); the Fota Zoo; Blarney Castle to kiss the stone; Ardmore beach (real sand) to check out the rock pools and play beach cricket (not often seen in Irela...

Thanks to everyone for my presents and thinking of me. Dylan Roy

Dingle, A deep, narrow cleft between hills; shady dell. As opposed to: 'Little Johnny, stop playing with that dingle'. A planned campervan excursion around Wales became too complex and expensive so we drove to Co. Kerry, SW Ireland for just under a fortnight. First stop Cashel - to see the rock thereof - and loved it [here is the tourist blurb: Cashel's Victorian town centre is a thriving retail zone, with excellent clothes shops, lively cafes, charming gift sh...

Camilla went back to Bris Vegas for a week so Macayle, Dylan and I spent the weekend in Co. Roscommon; a couple of hours drive northwest of Dublin. The highlight was the Lough (Lock-lake) Key Forest and Activity Park. This inlcudes Adventure kingdom; the Lough Key Experience and the Boda Borg Swedish concept: Once you enter the two-storey Boda Borg only teamwork, ingenuity, trial and error and skills you probably didn't know you have will allow you to progress ...