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A glance at their Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Boyle-Model-Railway/376416649140480 - suggests that it might currently only be open on Fridays - 10 until 4 - although other times may be possible by prior arrangement...

I found a lump of turf in the road and decided to bring it back here for a ceremonial fire. I got stopped at the Customs in Holyhead at half-two in the morning and searched. As stuff was being lifted systematically out of my bag, I was asked "What's this?" and managed to answer suitably at each stage - until he came upon the object wrapped in newspaper at the bottom. "What's this?", he asked again - I hesitated, not wanting to say "Sod" to the nice English customs man. This provoked him into a forensic examination of the brown, fibrous material that he discovered on unwrapping it - well, he broke off a bit and sniffed it - hoping that he'd discovered a major trafficking operation. At this point, all his mates, who had stopped their searches to watch him, burst out laughing.

Most impressive.

Really? Looking nice and filthy, I thought...

He's produced a few good books, too - http://www.paulobrienauthor.ie/books/ - really knows his stuff.. ..and a useful agent in the metropolis..

My agent* has obtained a Magister for me and I have suggested that he might obtain some photographs, if he is in the vicinity of the Barracks. *He does a few tours of the various military sites around Dublin - http://www.dublinbattlefieldtours.ie/ - if anybody is interested - the reviews are uniformly good..

For the information of those that might not be aware, this is a Kerry Accent.

My agent will be attending Mark's today. He says that the real thing should be in Collins for about two months. I'll see if I can get him to get some good shots of it and then bang them up on here. A whole squadron...?

Just got an email from Marks Models saying that they should be having the 1/72 Heller Fouga Magister kit, with transfers for 215, in their shops from today. https://www.marksmodels.com/?pid=16832#URL:https://www.marksmodels.com/?pid=16832%23 And, with impeccable timing, Magister 216 has just arrived on dislpay at Collins Barracks, for those that want some detail shots...

Indeed, but into a car... Anyway, are those Curragh sheep really small? Or were they just far away...?

It was always my habit to sit at the back of the third carriage, when boarding at Heuston - that way, you get a less crowded carriage and you're next to the bridge steps if it's raining when you get to Ballybrophy.

Bridge strike at Portarlington today - around half one. All running again soon after..

No, but I once went to Oxford on a Voyager that smoked as much as any steamer that I've ever been behind..

With the amount of unburnt fuel that is dispersed in these situations, one wonders about the potential for a fuel/air explosion... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf7m7hN5Szc

If people are going to use the rails as park benches, then you may have some way to go before you address the more esoteric environmental issues...?

UK equivalent - http://www.raib.gov.uk/home/index.cfm

This one smokes a bit when he notches up...

I think the idea might have been to have something from a place where emigrants went to - there was a large Irish input into the Ffestiniog construction - and quite a bit of the slate output went to Ireland..

Rules are meant to be broken - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22828150 ....

It's not been a good year for Hornby - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22810510 - apparently....

If it provokes people into buying tickets they might think a bit more positively about old stuff....?

This could be interesting - http://www.irishrail.ie/blog_post.jsp?blogID=1&a=354 ...

The Thai army seems to teach their elephants how to use a parachute....

Czech this out...

I have an axe that's at least two hundred years old - it's only had three new heads and five new handles...