
Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13749)
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 (13749)
• 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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14 people
Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13749)
• 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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7 people
Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13749)
• 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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6 people
Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13749)
• 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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10 people
Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13749)
• 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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8 people
Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13749)
• 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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11 people
Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13749)
• Ireland
28 May

Prices are tumbling here, or at least the price of aubergines is. Recently in the supermarket I frequent they had risen to £0.95 each, but I noted this morning that the price has dropped to £0.69 each, a welcome dip. So I bought...
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7 people
Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13749)
• Ireland
27 May

Everything went well last Thursday on my flight out of Athens and I had nothing to complain about. There was one hiccup however, though it intruded not upon my enjoyment of the day.
When the check in desk opened at 10.30 we were...
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7 people
Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13749)
• Ireland
27 May

Driving on the incorrect side of the road is difficult enough, but throw in an idiot horse rider and it could spell disaster.
On a country road yesterday I came round a bend and about 50 yards in front of me (metres since we are...
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7 people
