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A Sure Cure for a Painful Swelling of the Bottom
... Bloody Sunday' U2 sings about it;
1970's - Up until the mid 1970's - English Pubs had signs, 'No Blacks, No Dogs and No Irish'.
1981 - 'The Blanket Protest' Basically some fella didn't want to wear a prison uniform so decided to go starkers. He must have gotten a bit too cold though, so wrapped a blanked around himself, the rest of the inmates followed suit (or lack thereof).
1981 - 'The Hunger Strike' Ten people starved themselves to death. The ...
A Stroll Along the Beach
... for me to look around at. Mummy & Daddy said they can't wait to take me back there when I am a bigger girl & can play in the sea, but until then they did push me down to the beach & I although I couldn't get the sand between my toes, I was able to get it under my wheels! Mummy picked me my very first shell & has put it in my memory box - she says it will be the first of many! ...
My First Trip to the Seaside!!
... was cold & windy but it was still nice to get out of the house & see the ocean for the very first time (Mummy got all emotional) We took a nice walk along the promenade before going for lunch in a wee American Diner called The Hop, it was a really fun day. After lunch we came home as it was too cold to hang about (there was snow at the top of the Mourne Mountains), but Mummy said she will take me back again when the weather is a bit ...
A truly Irish experience
... even though our flight was the shortest ever! About 20 minutes in the air from Glasgow to Belfast - it was incredible!
So the first night we arrived, we took it easy.
The next day we began with a Black Cab tour of the city which outlines the horrific and still current religious issues between the Protestants and Catholics. It cost 30 pound for about 1.5 hours, and it was worth every penny!
We took ...
The Race To The Boat!!!!
... riding...the bike "goaded" me into hitting a steady 120mph once I had got past Dublin. The fact that the bike hadn't blown up/I hadn't fallen off/got caught speeding before I even left the country was deemed by me at least to be a good omen for the trip ahead...but then again, I'm the kind of fecker who now tries to see the silverling in a mushroom cloud like!!! lol
I pulled into Lay's gaff just before six, had a tea & fag breakfast (for a change like) & then we ...

