The strange thing is that my knee injury wasn’t directly caused by the boardwalk. We were descending using the boardwalk when some people were ascending. Gabi and I stepped off the boards to let them pass and Gabi said that she wanted to catch her breath. We stood there for a couple of minutes when, suddenly, then ground crumbled under mr foot. I lurched forward and somersaulted down the hill with my head by my knees. As I fell, I heard a ripping sound and remember thinking, ‘God! I’ve ripped my new hiking trousers’. I hadn’t. The ripping sound was my tendon. I wasn’t in pain at that stage, apart from the small bump on my head, and didn’t realise that I was injured until I discovered that I could bend my right leg but not straighten it.

I can see what you are getting at but the four feet eight and a half inch gauge is known as standard gauge throughout most of the world. The only other country that has the Irish gauge is Australia and that is because the original designer in Australia was an Irishman.

@@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu Thanks, I didn't know that.

That railway is part of the park for model trains,its as old as the park about 20 years,however the park is beside the sligo to dublin railway station in ballymote

That’s right. The narrow gauge railway has fallen into disrepair. This is a shame. I wanted to say more about this but details of the little railway are hard to find.

@@gezley100 I’ve found them! Supervulu in Tubbercurry has them on the hot counter and they are advertised as Cornish pasties but made on the premises.

Thank you and hello.

Jackeens never seem to leave Dublin, their knowledge of Ireland is shocking!

Thank you. We are also looking forward to the next adventure. Our next video is already filmed and just needs editing but I’m taking a couple of days away from the studio.

Thanks mate. I thought it might be a a Purple Marshlocks but their flowers are far more star-shaped.

@@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu I used AI to identify it so maybe it's wrong

That is what I thought but it isn’t quite like any illustration I can find. The centre of the flower isn’t quite the same. It flowers each year in the corner of our back meadow so, next summer, I’ll try to get a better shot. Thanks for the comment. Much appreciated.

Thank you. You are welcome.

Thank you for those lovely comments. The Irish winters are quite mild but wet. If you move over try to get a property that doesn’t suffer from damp. In many older properties, ours for instance, it is a battle to keep it under control but it is a small price to pay to live in such a wonderful place.

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More changes there in the last 33 years than in the previous 330.! Take time to get back in case it changes beyond recognition.

I will take your word for it. I’ve known Ireland for less than three years. The first time here was June 2022 when I instantly fell in love with the country.

@@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu Another Englishman, Geoffrey Moorehouse , travelled to Ireland and wrote a book about Skellig Michael - a unique place well worth your time if you have not yet discovered it? Your appreciation is extremely good to see. Thank you.

There are so many places for us to discover. Because we’ve been doing up the house we haven’t yet been able to spread our wings. We will get all over Ireland eventually.

@@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu " doing up the house"! Thats brilliant.Good for you. You musta found a good one ? A hunch says its rural. Hoping to move back home to the west coast before long.

I know but I couldn’t find how to add a fada in my editor.

Thank you.

You are very welcome.

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Thank you.

I agree.

Thank you.

I didn’t realise. So that Graham must be Graham Keighron.

You are so welcome

I am enjoying your videos here in Dublin. 😂😃😃

Not quite but we have considered getting a few goats.

Thank you.

Thank you so much and thank you for the welcome. Ireland isn’t simply where we live. It is our home because we feel that we belong and that is because of the wonderful people who have made us feel so welcome here.

It seems to me that many more people would have left Britain due to Brexit but either had too many ties (elderly parents, etc) or lacked the finances to fund a move. We were lucky that my inheritance allowed us to get here. I was limited in my choice of country to move to. It was either Germany, as I’m married to a German, or Ireland because in a UK citizen. I know that I chose the right one. This is home now and where my heart is. Thank you for taking the time to comment.

I don’t think I can use NI health care as I no longer have a UK address. Staying in Wales would have been nice but we got out because Gabi is German and we were worried about any future Tory government (this was before the election) starting to revoke settled status.

@@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu - if you present yourself at your GP with a medical situation, and request to be “put onto the Crossborder List” You can in fact be seen by doctors/surgeons in the north. It is time-consuming - but DO IT. Many hoops, but the husband has had several surgeries performed by brilliant Belfast and Derry surgeons in the last couple of years. Did I mention that it’s FREE? The Cross-Border Initiative. Make it work for yourselves.

Thank you. That is so nice of you.