With Lester and Kieran watching the cricket in Wales this weekend we have the place to ourselves! Due to a lack of friends to invite over for a party we have had to make do with each others company and enjoy sleeping in separate bedrooms for the first time in about 6 weeks!

On Saturday we went to check out Dun Laoghaire (pronounced Dun Lair) a suburb of Dublin where all the ferries come in. There is a nice harbour there with lots of sailboats and a nice view. Went to see Bridget Jones Diary in the afternoon and spent the evening dreaming of Darcy!

Making an effort this morning to get out of bed earlier (we really need to get our own place when we start factoring sleeping in our own beds into our itinarary) we went to Howth yesterday. About the same distance from the city as Dun Laoghaire, but to the north. Howth is a little town on a peninsula and the eastern tip is all nature reserve and walking tracks. After lunch at the harbour we walked along craggy cliffs covered in green green grass and pink and purple flowers. On the rocks below were thousands of sea birds including colonies of some huge black birds (someone out there must be able to tell me what they could have been) There were also seals frolicking in the ocean just off shore. The walk took us to a lighthouse then we followed 2 Irish girls who assured us the almost non-existant path would take us back to a train station. 3 hours, lots of stinging nettles, a few wrong turns and some spectacular scenery later we reached Sutton station.

In other news, the shopping queens have discovered the wonder that is Marks and Spencers food hall…mmm. Friday: M&S chicken with tomato, and grilled peppers Saturday: M&S Soup pack Sunday: M&S Stirfry veges.

Watched the weather report last night, it read something like..."Mostly cloudy with possible sunshine and also a possibility of rain. May be windy later in the day". So it will be cloudy, sunny, rainy and windy this week!