General - Don't Pay the Ferry Man
The little dog and myself had a rather interesting journey over to Cork because of a fire in the Langly area of London. This meant that I travelled from Waterloo to Paddington on the Bakerloo line and then was turned back to Waterloo so had to take the 20 minute plus journey back to the station of the French name. I then had to make an extra change in Reading but Alan met me in Cardiff so we made the Cork Swansea ferryboat in good time.
My cabin was rather small and it wasn’t the deluxe super style one with luxuries like a porthole, it did have a shower and WC with a sink chucked in for good measure and also a desk so things weren’t too bad at all. The only drawback was a lack of any UK plugs in the room which was actually somewhat of a problem for me. For those interested the phone in my billet was an aged dial style effort!
The boat was rather old but had a good restaurant serving better than expected food, I selected a pork medallion meat dish with roast potatoes and a cheese sauce.
We then went over to the bar for a pint or two and a chat. They actually had a very comprehensive range of Irish beers including Guinness, Murphy’s Beamish stout and Red and that long forgotten taste of UK bars in the 1990s Kilkenny.
As I type we are journeying through a bit of a swell and the time is nearing 11 in the evening. I won’t get this blog up for a day or so purely because I don’t have any web access in this 4th deck cabin. The dog has been fed and waterd, she’s also attended to natures requirements on deck so I’m going to have a dram of my Highland Park 66 then hit the sack. O, it is rather exciting sleeping on a top bunk, something from my childhood past. I’m always keyed up when going over to Ireland and most of my work will be GPS so hopefully a beautiful combination.
More soon.
My cabin was rather small and it wasn’t the deluxe super style one with luxuries like a porthole, it did have a shower and WC with a sink chucked in for good measure and also a desk so things weren’t too bad at all. The only drawback was a lack of any UK plugs in the room which was actually somewhat of a problem for me. For those interested the phone in my billet was an aged dial style effort!
The boat was rather old but had a good restaurant serving better than expected food, I selected a pork medallion meat dish with roast potatoes and a cheese sauce.
We then went over to the bar for a pint or two and a chat. They actually had a very comprehensive range of Irish beers including Guinness, Murphy’s Beamish stout and Red and that long forgotten taste of UK bars in the 1990s Kilkenny.
As I type we are journeying through a bit of a swell and the time is nearing 11 in the evening. I won’t get this blog up for a day or so purely because I don’t have any web access in this 4th deck cabin. The dog has been fed and waterd, she’s also attended to natures requirements on deck so I’m going to have a dram of my Highland Park 66 then hit the sack. O, it is rather exciting sleeping on a top bunk, something from my childhood past. I’m always keyed up when going over to Ireland and most of my work will be GPS so hopefully a beautiful combination.
More soon.
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