Thursday 16th July was a rainy day, and we all stayed indoors. (I think that might have been the day we showed Alex and Fiona Monty Python and the Holy Grail for the first time.) On Friday 17th all of us (including Alex! We didn’t give him the choice of stying home this time) drove to Cork, where we met up with all of Rowan’s family (her dad Myles had taken the afternoon off work so we could all get together).
Cork top tip: don’t take your car into the city centre. Just don’t.
We met up in the city centre, and had some refreshments in a crêpes café by the river on South Mall St. We walked to Elizabeth Fort, which is a neat tourist attraction in the making, with great views out over the city centre. A little further on we saw Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral, which looks like a neo-gothic rocketship. After the sightseeing we split up into various car groups and drove out to the Awesome Walls indoor climbing centre, where we sat around chatting, had some food, and climbed a bit.
Because we had a two-hour drive back to the cottage (and had to be up early the naxt day to catch a flight), we called it a day at about 20:30. About five minutes before we left, the conversation turned towards role-playing, and we discovered that Myles and Sam, just like us, were Amber RPG fans from way back when. Yet another thing we had in common. We had a great time hanging out with them, and I hope we can meet up again some time. (Living in different countries can be a bit of a barrier to socialising.)
