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Thursday, 28th June 2007

Luck of the Irish

I have just arrived back from my holiday in County Wexford, Ireland where we stayed in a cottage with my Gran and Grandad and my Uncle Lewis.  Unfortunately the holiday did not get off to a good start because the night before we left rainwater got into our house and wet the lounge carpet.  Worse still, on Monday morning mummy went into the lounge to find my train set sitting in water.  And guess what?  It rained practically everyday that we were on holiday in Ireland – no surprise there you might say, although it was the wettest June that Ireland can remember.  Oh well, that’s the luck of the Irish I’m told.

My daddy took lots of pictures and you can see them on flickr if you go to the set entitled County Wexford.  However, here are a few highlights of my week in the rain to whet your appetite.

For the first time in my life I went on a big boat which took us across the Irish Sea.  

 

The day that we went to Kilmore Quay was the only day when it didn’t rain.  We made the most of it paddling in the sea and making sand castles on the beach.

However, when we went to Hook Lighthouse it rained like the clappers.  Apparently there is a familiar phrase ‘by Hook or by Crook’ and this is where it originates from.  When Oliver Cromwell sought to take Waterford town he calculated that his best options were to land at Hook Lighthouse or along the coastline at Crook.  He said, ‘I will take Waterford by Hook or by Crook’.

The next day we went to the town of Enniscorthy where I was dragged around the 1798 Rebellion Museum.  It was OK.  My favourite room had a big chess board with the leading figures of the Rebellion dotted around on it.  I didn’t understand it but it was fun running rings around them.

It continued to rain through the following day which mummy, daddy and Uncle Lewis made the most of.  Here is mummy and Lewis getting ready for Quad Attack.  They went cross country and through ditches barely wider than the Quad bike where the muddy water went over their knees.  I wanted to have a go myself but was told that I was too small.

Our final day in Ireland was much sunnier, at least for a few hours.  We went to Duncannon and played on the beach.  The sand was perfect and so we set about making a fuel effecient car.

It was a lovely beach as you can see and one of the highlights of my holiday.

Daddy said that Duncannon also had the toughest golf course in all of Ireland.

Posted by Isaac @ 8:29 PM  

Monday, 11th June 2007

London Town

Gosh it’s been a busy old time on the bathtime blog. Yet more adventures to update you with. This weekend we were back in good old London Town, this time to visit my Uncle Jonathan and my Auntie Sylvie who live in Stoke Newington. It was the first time that we have been to their house which they moved into 6 months ago. Apparently my uncle has lived in more houses over the years than anyone cares to remember, but Daddy assures me that this house ranks with the best. Here are a few pictures of us enjoying our time together.

On Saturday we went to the park via a walk around an old cemetary (nice) which was really strange. It was really overgrown and all the grave stones were on top of each other. This was a particularly close family.  The cemetary’s most famous resident is William Booth, the founder of The Salvation Army (who I think would quite literally turn in his grave if he knew what other activities went on here – I won’t say more).

In the late afternoon we caught a bus to Sutton House in Hackney to hear a choir sing lots of lovely Elizabethan music. After the second song I asked mummy, in a rather loud voice, if it was time to go home yet, at which point I was quickly ejected from the room for some strange reason.

On Sunday we had a lazy morning eating brunch on the verandah

Later we caught a bus to London Bridge. Along the Embankment there were lots of people performing all kinds of stange things. I particularly liked the guitarist who though great, disappointingly chose not to sing ‘I guess that’s why they call it the blues’.

… and I was frightened by the salamander who jumped out of his box everytime someone put some money into his can.

London was looking great on this baking hot day. Here are a few more pictures that Daddy took.

To see more pictures of our walk, click onto Flickr and look for the group entitled South Bank of the Thames.

Posted by Isaac @ 9:00 PM  

Friday, 8th June 2007

Charlie and Lola

This morning Daddy and I have been playing games with Charlie and Lola on the computer.  I really enjoy Charlie and Lola and so I thought that I would share them with you as well.  If you click on the link below then you can play the games as well.  My favourite came is called Count the Germs.  Lola is feeling very poorly and so her brother Charlie suggests that they count all the different kinds of germs in Lola’s mouth by looking in the mirror.  It’s great fun.  Don’t forget to listen to Charlie sing ‘if you’re happy and you know it’ at the end.

That reminds me, I must go and clean my teeth.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/charlieandlola/

Posted by Isaac @ 11:03 AM  

Friday, 8th June 2007

Aggressive Marketing Campaign

Last weekend I took this picture at Wansford train station on the Nene Valley Railway.  The station has been preserved as it might have looked during the days when steam locomotives were commonplace.  You can read Isaac’s entry below to find out more about our day in the Nene Valley but I thought I’d post this picture which I think illustrates how our society has changed over the past few decades. 

I don’t think that today such a marketing campaign would be all that effective.

Posted by Daddy @ 10:42 AM  

Friday, 8th June 2007

Dom to the rescue

You may recall a couple of weeks ago that Gran cut my hair.  Well, no offence Gran but I decided to go and get it cut professionally on Wednesday by Dom.

What do you think?  Scrub up nicely don’t I?

Posted by Isaac @ 10:34 AM