Cork.

Friday 24th May 2024

The local train station is only 400m away and with trains running every 30 minutes to Cork for a return fare of 8 euros it seemed a good idea to make a visit. We checked on line and it said small dogs were ok to travel so we aimed for the 10am train. The ticket clerk said no dogs allowed, when I replied it said ok on the internet he replied it was up to the driver he made the decisions😵‍💫 whatever happened to company policy? Michelle checked with a member of the platform staff who said yes it was fine for her to travel with us, when I relayed this to the clerk he was still loathe to sell us tickets in case we couldn’t get on the train back and I blamed him😵‍💫😵‍💫I assured him if that happened I would pay for a taxi back and not come looking to blame him, he reluctantly sold me the tickets one minute before the train left😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

I’m pleased to say we had no problem in either direction.

We found Cork a strange place to visit, it wasn’t in our opinion very touristy, there were lots of shopping streets with individual shops as well as well known stores. The map we had from the tourist office showed places of interest but they were well spread out and regretfully we didn’t get to see them all. I could imagine in warm sunny weather it would have a different feel.

It’s interesting that it invites you in to view the magnificent interior however omits to say that it costs 8 euros each to go in, needless to say we didn’t.

There were quite a few decorated buildings two of which are below.

After some time wandering around stomachs began to rumble, cafes don’t seem to accept dogs so we headed to the pub.

I’ve been suffering for a few weeks with a pulled ligament in my right knee and after 4 hours wandering around I was finding it hard to walk so we headed back to the station. When we got back to Homer I found we had walked 5.5 miles, the furthest I’ve walked in one day since the beginning of March I was shattered.