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O this thread had me in stitches....great reading whilst waiting for the weekend to start.... :) x

The word 'Awesome'........I flipping hate it!!!

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Peckham Rose - this is one of our favourites - what a top top film, think we are only going there to re-enact the tower scene!

redrouge your comment made me laugh as Mrs Doyle is also like family in Waterford! lol Gallons of tea, red lemonade and soda bread......the Irish hospitality is perfectly amazing, you always feel welcome :) Del x

Thank you all so much, I'm so excited it can't come quick enough, I may come back a lot heavier but who cares!! :) Del xx

Thank you very much ClareC! ....and Yes Jeremy I love steak & beer!!but I think I'll leave the party hats for Christmas day :) x

I am going to Bruges for a long weekend in December, can anyone recommend 'Christmassy' places to go as well as the marketplace please? Also did you go by train/ferry or plane? - which one is recommended ~ many thanks. D x

It seems every time I try on a Sunday to get the train, its either the bus replacement or cancelled completely. The last time I got the train successfully for my 15 min journey was December! Understandably, works need to be done over the weekends but surely not most weekends.......

It's always good to offer your seat to someone who obviously needs it more than you but sometimes it's not obvious and hard to distinguish. I always try and offer my seat to a pregnant lady or the elderly or disabled - I very rarely do not.....but I myself have a heart condition and I have a heart monitor inside my chest - standing for a long time sometimes makes me dizzy or if I've had a bad 'heart' day then I need to just sit and get home as quickly as possible. To look at me you would never know, but I'm sure on some of my vary rare occasions when I haven't stood up I was being judged. Sometimes people do need the seats but their conditions are not as obvious as others.....and some people are just ignorant and stay seated because 'they've paid for a ticket'..... .....o and about standing up so people can get off - my balance is poop too, so I stand up when the bus has stopped, genuine safety reasons.

I do believe in God, but that doesn't mean that my children had to also. I didn't have them Christened I had them dedicated, which means they had a blessing but weren't given a religion: this was to be their choice when ready.

O my goodness....what a blast from the past!! Made me chuckle....

Brilliant!! I love all the history & memories.......