Rain Across the Country in Ireland

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Another morning at the keyboard as the rain comes down outside. There were plans of more golf today but its unlikely now. The forecast isn't good but I'll be leaving here tomorrow morning (on a 7am flight) back to London. I have one week back in Fulham courtesy of Dom and Amanda and then heading off to Seville in Spain.

As many are aware the final Ashes test started yesterday but there isn't much cricket on the TV here in Ireland despite the fact that they have qualified for the next cricket world cup in the West Indies (something I wasn't aware of). Thankfully I was receiving a string of text messages from Australia keeping me up to date!

I had a couple of Guinness with another cousin of ours (Jim) and his wife Pat who are down from Dublin. Their son Jimmy paid us a visit in Australia a few years ago so it was nice to catch up.

I think the best part of the Irish leg of the trip is being able to connect with the Irish side of the family, something we back in Australia don’t get a chance to do much of, however I am collecting phone numbers and email addresses so I have no excuse not to stay in contact with them in the future.

Hope you don’t mind some family photos in the blog today. They are of my youngest cousins Tadgh and Anna May.

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