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It still amazes me how the presence of a beach and some sun can make the worlds simplest picnic seem like a gourmet meal. The ham sandwich and packet of crisps served up, in these circumstances, yesterday were sublime ! Now I must point out that the freshness of the bread and quality of the ham does count, and the crisp must have the perfect crunch so when you put them into the sandwich they add the desired texture....along with the few stray grains of sand !Now we went posh yesterday, becasue we were in the Marbella of the South East...Dunmore East.....and brought a bottle of 7up instead of the Orange Squash....very risque considering the state of the nations finances. I did notice one group bring full plates of dinner with knives and forks from the pub overlooking the strand, but quite frankly they looked ridiculous. When we went up to the playground afterwards the classic Granny picnic was in evidence,the own brand packet of rich tea biscuits, Tayto and Coke. This old favourite was ...

Right so here we are in Waterford and it is due to be 20 degrees today.....by Irish standards HOT !Apparently the weather is not the only hot thing though. GASP, as arranged travelled up to the Golf Club on Sunday evening to catch up on the GAA, only to find the clubhouse closes at 9.00 on a Sunday evening. Not to be put off his mission, GASP walked up to the Castle and enquired off the "blonde" at the desk if there was a bar where he could watch the Sunday Game. "Unfortunately not" she replied. Thats when it happened. She reached down behind her desk and handed my husband the keys to a room !Yes, a "blonde" handed my husband the keys to a hotel room, told him he could go watch the game there and asked if he would like a drink !!!!! Now you would have thought that I, woty, would be somewhat concerned by the Tiger Woods nature of this, but no, my reason for anger is that GASP got into a room in Waterford Castle before I did....the injustice of it all !In th...