Day 153 - Walking Through Narnia...

I went into school today for a wee while just while to pick up some stuff / drop some stuff off. You know, there is nothing to do in Downpatrick! Vikki and I waited around for an hour for the bus to come to take us home... seriously Downpatrick... get yourself something fun! ... like a playpark!! :D

Ah well, I got the Dundrum bus home which involved walking home for about 2 miles, but that didn't bother me. My normal bus home (Castlewellan) has a tendency to be temperamental and one time I was left to walk 2 miles on a dangerous main road. Scary!! But walking home from Dundrum means country roads, hardly any cars. It's also a very pretty road!

I happened to have my camera with me, so I snapped some pictures on my favourite road - the Moneylane Road, a.k.a. Narnia. It's called Narnia because it takes you from my road directly to my friends house, and you reach the end of it and say "Woah!! How did I get here?? I was just at Jo's house!!" The above picture is the view of the Mourne Mountains from Moneylane. I love the sky in this picture.

Cow parsnip grows all along the roads along where I live, it's hard not to see it when you're out for a walk! It's a really dainty little flower and rather pretty! :)And finally this is a picture of a tree I have to stop and admire every time I walk past... it's so pretty.

Day 76 - Kiss Me - I'm Irish!

Today the whole world celebrates my nationality. Yep - today is St. Patrick's Day! A day for some crazy festivities and wearing green and drinking until you explode. Today I stayed in Downpatrick to watch the parade... I have never done this before, despite the fact that I go to school in Downpatrick! You know, we are the closest high school in the whole world to the ground where St. Patrick's thousand year old dead body lies... and we don't get the day off school for the day that celebrates St. Paddy himself. Ironic, huh?

Well the parade was... interesting. I tried to get some good photos but my view was blocked by the eager crowd of Downpatrickians also wanting to watch. I ended up taking a lot, but this one I like best!



We said our goodbyes to the CCU team today... but it was a good day! One guy ended up getting interviewed for UTV and Bill told Julian Simmons his name was Guillermo. I love these guys!