Day 148 - Saturday, May 28th, 2011

No rest for the tickled, as they say, so it was another early Saturday start - up with the tardy lark to pick up Danny The Swede and Conquer for the 30 minute journey to Bellewstown Golf Club in County Meath, which offered us the very nifty deal of a round of golf with buggy hire for €16 each - gift!

As is tradition, there was moisture in the air during the round, but it amount to mere spittles. Traversing the course in a self-driven buggy was a completely new experience (once before I had played a round in Chiang Mai where a surly old Thai woman drove me around), and a most enjoyable one at that. However, the more I play golf, the worse I seem to get at it, and today I registered a magnificent 129 shot score for the 18 holes - an average of over 7 per hole! The course is an excellent one though, despite its youth, and has some fantastic signature holes. For the record, Conquer shot a decent 88, and Danny a 101, narrowly avoiding double figures.

Into Al The Almera we bundled, and headed back to The Lighthouse, where hot and spicy chicken wok noodles were near-instantly served, with a liquid Miller accompaniment, and followed by Screwdriver ice-lollies, home-made with Belvedere Vodka and Orange Juice - they most certainly packed a punch!

Onwards into the City Centre, to The Woolshed, to view Munster beating Leinster in the Magners League Tin-pot Final, and then Barcelona annihilating ManUre in the Champions League Final. The Woolshed was packed to capaity, and had a giant queue at its front-door as well, meaning that my negotiating skills were teted to the full to allow the permanently-tardy Enda G-feld to gain entrance via the emergency exit at the back. I should also mention that Johnny D and The Merriman had also joined the festivities at this stage.

Following the footie, Conquer and The Merriman invited us back to their Bloodbank bachelor pad, where giant projector YouTubing and swilling of vodka and lemon were the order of the evening. An adjournment was then made to Doyles tavern nearby, although I would be telling gross untruths if I were to relate the details of this visit, as the memory is highly scant in this regard, but I can confirm that it was as ever all fight- and vomit-free - huzzah!

                                          Happy Buggy Bunnies Danny & Conquer

Contentment : 17 / 25
Excitement :    4.5 / 10
Memorability : 5.5 / 15

Overall Score : 54% (10th out of 148)