stuff that happens as we happen along....

There's always random things that happen on the way and usually things like concerts or events which you just miss out on by a day or two.

• On the flight from Brussels to Dublin in the Cara Aer Lingus in flight magazine I read about the SPWC - Street Performance World Championships, taking on a world record attempt in the Where's Wally World Records taking place throughout Ireland and as we were wandering down Dublin's O'Connell Street there they were - the Where's Wally look alikes handing out leaflets, on every street corner.  I read later they had broken the world record!
• Another world record attempt was in the making also when were in Dublin Temple Bar area, with Dave Browne a resident musician attempting to play for over 101 consecutive hours of music - over four days on stage and the public were encouraged to 'pop' into the Temple Bar Pub and cheer him on.  When we passed about one hour into it, the pub was chocka block and going off, so we left them to it and made our way to Gogartys.
• Finding our last night of accommodation north of Dublin proved more difficult than we first thought - there's so many villages - no problem - but we didn't factor in Take That were making their comeback performance in Dublin on that very night!  Accommodation at a premium and thankfully we had a hire car, as we saw the lines and lines of potential concert goers - mainly women, in the Belfast Central Railway Station.