
Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13795)
Ireland
Joined myLot 10 years ago
An Irishman who has called many places home, enjoys whiskey in moderation and reads Dostoyevsky frequently.
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13795)
• Ireland
17h

During a country ramble this morning we came across what is locally known as the hidden village. Ten or so cottages like the one in the photo above were abandonned over the course of time. In the 1820s the population was about 60...
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13795)
• Ireland
19 Jun

I think it’s usually better to leave menus untranslated because translators invariably get stuff hilariously wrong. Pictured here is an extract from a menu where we ate last week in France. I think the term ‘sausage’ would have...
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13795)
• Ireland
14 Jun

Remind me please, why does money have to be squandered celebrating the King’s birthday? Oh yes, I remember now, it’s because we haven’t bothered putting that particular family in its rightful place. We just let them go on thinking...
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13795)
• Ireland
14 Jun

I took my brother out in his wheelchair today for lunch. It’s only when you do that sort of thing that you discover how well or otherwise a town caters for wheelchair users. Bayeux is reasonable although there are a lot of cobbled...
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13795)
• Ireland
13 Jun

Bayeux got a really good soaking tonight when an almighty thunderstorm broke at about 8 pm, just as we found a restaurant to eat and shelter in. it was a really good downpour following on the heels of a torrid afternoon.
During...
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13795)
• Ireland
12 Jun

I’m up and about right now at 4.30 on an excellent morning because there’s a rooster crowing nearby. These noises of nature bother me not, but if the noise were generated by human lack of consideration (music, cars, talking etc) I...
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13795)
• Ireland
2 Jun

It was not my kitchen skills that produced a deeply satisfying meal this evening, but the excellent quality and freshness of the ingredients. It is surely a heaven-sent joy to go to market and take in one’s hand plump, squeezable...
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13795)
• Ireland
31 May

There is a very scenic railway that runs between Domodossola in Italy and Locarno in Switzerland. It’s famed for its dramatic scenery.
But wait for the best part. It’s managed jointly by an Italian company and a Swiss company,...
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