waterfordman

So that was my week and a day in Ireland.

I am determined not to be away from my friends in Ireland for so long and will be returning to my at least annual trip over for longer than a few days. The draw is more my friends than the family who probably weren't that bothered if they saw me or not.

I refuse to...
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Yesterday was fantastic

Friday night was great too.

My companion for the weekend drove down from Dublin just for me, we had a great night out on Friday in a pub with a traditional irish music session.

Then yesterday wa the wedding, it was magnificent with a fantastic live band and then disco. we rolled into bed at around 4am. I havee no hangover as...
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After a good night's sleep I started early today. I had been shopping, to the Dr & Dentist all by 10am.
I then took the Nokia 6288 and the datacard to a Vodaphone shop and got both matters sorted out.

I've tested the data card it works in the Uk, the real test will be from Ireland. I have a cam with the laptop but...
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So my laptop arrived as did my data card.

I thought it would be easy and wouldnt take the best part of 5 hours to get nowhere. It turns out that the datacard hadn't been registered to me yet and was not enabled , then I discovered everything is protected by safe control and as I dont have a credit card I need to go...
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So after yesterday's disasters in which I broke a tooth and a phone plus hearing about poor Sparrow 's woes, today I faired a little better.

The good news is my 2 month old Nokia 6288 is covered by Insurance and will be repaired , the bad news is I have to take it to Bluewater so it will have to wait till I come...
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