24/11/05

Hey there Fuzzy Furry Friends

OK, This is a departure from our normally immature and irreverant travel logs, because today was a bit of a sad day for us, so we figured we may as well share our gooshy little story with you… It’s really only for catlovers, so if you don’t like cats though, don’t read any further…

Last Sunday night we were driving through a town called Glengariff coming back from sightseeing around the Beara Peninsula in southwest Ireland when I noticed what I thought was a kitten laying on the road right where a car tyre would run.

Because, it was dark, I really wasn’t sure if it was kitten or just a bit of clothing, but after …umming… and …aahing… a bit, we decided to turn around and found that it actually was a small black female kitten about 5 months old that had been hit by a car.

It was curled into a crouching position, and was bleeding heavily from the mouth and nose and not really moving, although we could hear it wheezing and struggling for air…

It was just one of those horrible moments when we weren’t really sure what to do since it looked injured pretty badly, and being visitors to this country, we were deciding whether to take it for help which was going to be awkward for us, kill it and put it out of its misery, or just leave it on the side of the road… Continue reading →

19/11/05

Hey Top o’ da morning to yah Super Furry Friends

Well, we are currently in a costal town called Goleen near Schull in County Cork in the far southwest of Ireland and we are currently in week 6 of me doing locum doctor work in Ireland.

Now, for those of you who don’t know, basically I have had a different job in a different town every week filling in for GP doctors that go away on holidays, so it has actually been really cool since it has been a great way to see the country.

So far, we have worked in Donegal in the far north of Ireland, and then Carlow and Arklow in the east, and also a crazy little town called Kilmallock which is in between Limerick City and Tipperary in the west of Ireland.

But where we are currently in the southwest of Ireland, is DEFINITELY the most beautiful part of Ireland that we have been to, since it is surrounded by rugged peninsulas and charming little coves with crystal clear water… and we’ve been lucky to have perfect weather…

In fact, we have just returned from a beautiful walk to Three Castle Head, which was a lovely trek over desolate winter brown ridges to a castle ruin on a lake, perched high on a cliff overlooking the ocean.

It was very cool and spooky, but we only managed to catch the first bit of the sunset here since Avril was keen to get back before dark since she was seriously worried about zombies running over the hills at dusk like on that movie “28 days later…” Continue reading →