If
you only have the slightest inkling that one day you may visit the
vibrant, charming and wonderfully exciting city of CORK in Eire, then
please click onto this web-site and commit details to your diary. The
ultimate accolade would be if you truly put 'hand on heart' and swear
you didn't like it, then I will foot the bill!
On
arrival you are met by the owner, whose name we foolishly did not note,
offering the most genuinely warm welcome you could ever receive along
with a complimentary 'Cream Tea'.
There
is a method to this madness, as Jim the Medic would tell you, as
munching through an array of pasties and sipping fine teas or coffee a
feeling of well-being overcomes you along with a few minor
Physical Changes as well. In full Leprechaun mode you will be truly ready to enjoy all the city has to offer.
In
addition, each time we returned to the house we were offered tea and
coffee along with a huge plate of cakes and pastries, free of charge,
much needed by your correspondent slaving over yet another computer
glitch! Some mention should be made of the breakfast menu that consists
of 'traditional' grilled, scrambled eggs with smoked Salmon, a 'fish of
the day', fruits, pastries et al but best of all Porridge with either Bailey's Irish Cream or Jamison's Irish Whisky - now that's the way to start any party.
Directly opposite is the University of Cork standing in magical grounds, along with
bus routes and main roads to all parts of the Emerald Isle.
just
before describing my last couple of hours in Ireland. With Ian gone at
noon on Sunday and the others already departed I was left struggling
with the 'photoless Blog' and a taxi booked for 13:00. Ideally, it would
have been fantastic to have visited another of my all time GUITAR
HEROES, but time was pressing and the car was awaiting. Telling the
driver of my missed opportunity he announced "we'll soon put that to
rights" while executing a U-turn.
Arriving at the cemetery just 15 minutes later and with the help of a local who was conveniently placed
I
was soon paying my respects to the man who Jimi Hendrix himself, in
answer to the question "how does it feel to be the Best Guitarist in the
World"
(posed by a New Musical Express reporter) replied, "best go and ask
RORY GALLAGHER"! My trip had certainly been EDGED IN BLUE
take a listen to a genius at work. If that were not enough of a finale,
stepping off the train in Weymouth there stood 2 beautiful Ladies from
the Orient,
none
other than SYENNY
(Shenny) LEE from Taiwan and WEI GE from China, who I had befriended a
few weeks ago. Strangely we had exchanged e-Mails just a few days ago to
arrange a day out before each of them return to their respective
countries.
and
what with the whirl of the Olympics and Ireland I almost forgot about
Team GB's Women's Beach Volleyball players. Great Britain women's pair
Zara Dampney and Shauna Mullin came from a
set down to beat Canada in their opening Olympic match at Horse Guards
Parade. Dampney and Mullin lost the first set 21-17 but claimed the next
two sets 21-14 and 15-13 to win their Group F tie.OK, no medal but we
have to remember the massive effort that goes to just becoming an
Olympian, and I doubt we have seen the last of these 2 fine athletes!
What about this for Great Britain's future warship? At a glance not a lot different to my first ship in the Royal Navy 
HMS KEPPEL
