I do like bamboo fabrics/socks.
Carinthia. xx
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We have arrived at our accommodation for the night
A home built by the owner for his daughter and soon to be his mother
Posh posh poshest granny flat ever
And the nicest owners ever
Worried that the wet room is good enough for me and determined not to starve us with plenty of food and wine in the fridge
Palatial compared to the places we have been sometimes in the past
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āRetirementsā eh?
We threw Vinnie a lovely āretirementā. Pity he couldnāt stay.
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[General envious and pissed-off mumblings]
Scenery (see above) was lovely.
Breakfast, somewhat less so.
100% less, in fact. Call me naĆÆve, but breakfast is something I would have thought was reasonable to expect a B&B to offerā¦
Five-hour drive down and nowhere too get food when we arrived.
Then told the there was no breakfast - but we were welcome to use the kitchen. Nearest shop was a half-hour drive away - and the Boss had to be at the venue by 7.00. Not a chance of getting there and back in time.
After concert, thought weād go into the town to get some food. One of the biggest tourist areas in the country in peak season - plenty to choose from. Wrong - nowhere open at all at 9.30pm. Eventually tracked down a chip van - which had just closed. The owners took pity on us and fired up the oil, so we managed to get fish and chips (which was very good - but at ā¬14 each sodding well ought to beā¦).
Second performance was at 2pm today, so we decided to forgo the second nightās unaccommodating accommodation and are now home.
Two days and a 750km round trip on a cheese roll (at home before setting off), a Tesco BLT, the aforementioned fish and chips and 1Ā½ sausage rolls.
Iām not in a hurry to go backā¦
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The kazoos have come out. Time for bed.
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Poor Joe: massive sympathy.
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Indeed. A horrible time of it. Sympathy.
Soo xx
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Oh Joe thatās horrible for you
We are arrived at the event HQ
A kart track in the nether regions of Co Westmeath and a motor club full of young enthusiastic people who are eager and excited about the endurance trial today
Next door is a garage with the usual Irish shop selling essentials and breakfast sandwiches and rolls
There is a song about the breakfast roll that I will try to find later on
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breakfast roll
Enjoy
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I am not awake.
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Thank Gawd, Fishy
Carinthia. xx
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So we have medicinals to wash down our breakfast rolls?
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Or get the taste of them out of our mouths, yes.
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Wonderful things can be made from demi baguettes and the Irish concoct a breakfast roll
With fried eggs cooked in the same oven as the bread thus rendering them akin to the average ice hockey puck in textureā¦
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Next trip (Moffat) Iām going to take charge of the arrangementsā¦
āThe hotel has a restaurant and 2 bars, one of which shows Sky sports channels [So presumably the other, thankfully, doesnāt - J]. A selection of real ales and over 50 whiskeys [Er - you sure about that? - Ed] are available. Guests can also visit the Gin Corner in the Lounge Bar with over 50 gin varieties to choose from.ā
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Joe, do be sensible and not make any attempt to try all the whiskeys on one visitā¦
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