Daily notes and things that don't belong on my newsletter or in other tags.
A day trip to the town of Roubaix. I knew only of the Paris-Roubaix Cycling race, but it's also home to La Piscine. This repurposed swimming bath is now a museum of art and industry. It's well worth a visit if you are in the area....
On a cold and appropriately grey day between Christmas and New Year, we visited Ypres in Belgium - and visited a few of the historical sites from World War One including: * Tyne-Cot [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyne_Cot] cemetery, where nearly 12000 British and Commonwealth bodies are buried. * Langemark...
Writing a 'best of the decade' or a top ten of the 'tens' is a heavy lift. When you listen to a LOT of music, then it's a struggle to pull out the absolute favourites. For this one, I chose my favourite album of...
My Spotify client tells me that I saved 63 albums in my '2019' folder - these are my top 10, in no particular order. * Remind me Tomorrow - Sharon van Etten * Ghosteen - Nick Cave and the Bad seeds * The Undivided Five - A Winged history for the...
As part of the Dublin Open House festival (openhouse.ie), we took a walk to the Pigeon House Power station. This abandoned Victorian power station is behind a fence for most of the year but with the Open House, we had access to the building, and some unique views of...
A couple of nights in Galway, coupled with a driven loop of Connemara - one of the most beautiful areas I've had the pleasure of visiting. Squeezed in a quick trip to Kylemore Abbey, situated in Kylemore pass - a Victorian house, convent and once upon a time,...
