The Bad
OK have to be honest here-I am in a really low form.
Tomorrow 5th September 2015 AD I was to be heading off to Galway (I love this city-a real feel good thing about it)
for an early start to my 2015 ICS holiday. Then on the Saturday I was getting the
bus to Killarney to do one of my top 3 ICS trips-the ring of kerry/dingle. I
had promised myself a trip over to the majestic Blasket Islands
this time AND I discovered that one of my rock idols from the 80s was playing
there on the Saturday night (Lloyd Cole –Lloyd Cole and the Commotions). This
route is particularly hilly, and as 4 or 5 of you know-I love the hills. I was
getting in some extra training to get my climbing legs into order (to impress
cute American birds as I dart up them big hills in the hardest gear, and of
course being Irish I HAD to be at the top before any English cyclists). And
after the week was over I was back to Galway
for another two nights.
THEN about a week later I was over to another favourite part
of my lovely country-Donegal for a photography weekend. I done my homework for
this one and discovered that I WILL learn new stuff and maybe also get a
question that is bugging me –“Is a full frame sensor worth the extra money, or
will the new 70d do just as well, much cheaper and maybe enough left over for a
new lens?” I know and love the locations on this trip and maybe this will
encourage me to get up early/ make an effort to travel to get photos at the
magic hours.
BUT I was feeling so bad about a few things I decided to
cancel both trips. On the cycling holiday I lost 50% of the cost-if I had left
this 2 days later I would have lost 100% . The photography weekend I have lost
100%-as my dropping out dropped the figures below the minimum the whole weekend
had to be cancelled. One person got a refund and the other go moved on to
another one in Wicklow next month. I was told that if I want I can do the
Wicklow one instead-I am thinking about this. If I can fir in a Dublin stay at start/end
of this one I may do the swap. I heard that Echo and the Bunnymen are in Dublin next month, now if
there are still tickets and it is on at the right time-that will make up big
time for the other disaster
Still not on great form-but doing my best not to let it
control me.
The Good
Instead of Galway-tomorrow I am off to Glen Colmcille with
my little Rambling Group-well to be honest 2 other members of the group. But my
2 favourite-the craic will be mighty. I have been over here a few times, so
I’ll be able to show them some extra bits and the possibility of a majestic new
walk to be done later. Unfortunately (Marni). The great little restaurant
beside the Odias Gael is shut “for the season.”And with the 2 other people on
this trip we will get great mileage out of the ice-cream/toilet joke –you’ll
have to ask me privately to explain that one , seriously –this one is very
funny.
I’m thinking of restarting the Irish Language classes-and
this time I will make a bigger effort to attend the classes.
The good?????? For some reason I cannot get the movie
“Streets of Fire” out of head-especially that final song. Thirty years later I
STILL think Diane Lane
(crumbs she’s superman’s mum) is wearing that frock back to front. This film is
so tacky and cliché packed it is great-I have found and ordered a cheap copy of
it on dvd. And I would love to make an exit like Michael Paré does (and that
blonde in the car would be an added bonus).Ry Cooder had a hand in the
soundtrack-and there are some pretty good songs in it-oddly enough from what I
remember the bad guys had the best songs.Now am I the only person who remembers
this movie
