Day 546, Almost Deserted

Changi Airport Singapore is renowned as one one of the worlds busiest transit hubs. Quiet moments like this are however just as common when transits take you through the early hours of the morning. Most shops are closed, and a weird sense of serenity invades the daily mêlée transforming the cosmopolitan feel into that of […]

Read More

Day 545, Flying Home

My favorite seat when flying is an aisle seat but on the short flight from Cork to Heathrow having a window seat made for great cloud gazing. There is something magical about being above the clouds. With land and sea now out of sight, all sense of being in a plane seems to vanish and […]

Read More

Day 544, One Last Irish Sunset

It seems somehow fitting to leave this beautiful green isle with a final gorgeous sunset. We came here to an Ireland of blue skies and sunshine (the locals reckon we brought the sunshine with us) to get married. We created history and memories which will remain with us, our families and our friends. As my […]

Read More

Day 543, Well Stocked

Well stocked indeed but there is something obvious missing. Where is the bartender? Where are the guests? There is a simple answer to odd state of affairs. It’s the end of a big night out and we have out drunk all the patrons who have left. The bartender has finished for the night and asked […]

Read More

Day 542, Blarney HeirLoom

Once upon a time in Blarney there were great woolen mills known as Mahony’s Mills which manufactured woolen products and employed hundreds of locals in all manner of roles. Nearly 150 years from the day it was built the mills ground to a halt due to declining demand and production. 500 people lost their jobs […]

Read More