Gwid 2023

I have been to Dublin once and before I got there I had a preconceived idea it would be abit of a hick town. Being a typical Scot who went to any country with sun and a beach for my holidays

I had business with the owners of Apollo Window Blinds in Grafton Street many years ago and when I arrived there the place blew me away.

It would have put Glasgow to shame. Grafton Street was immaculate and had guys dressed as Laural and Hardy and a couple of mime artist going around entertaining people.

One girl involved in my visit had starred ina movie called Rawhide Rex (more of a C movie than a B movie) she took me to Jury's hotel where we met up with a guy called John who apparently was the producer of a band called Clannad. He took us to dinner later and then to loads of these cellar bars where you ordered drink by the bottle.

We got pulled over 6 drunks packed into a car but when they saw who was driving it was good evening drive carefully :0)

I asked about racing but there was nothing on so I ended up going to Trinity House which I remember very little about having a huge hangover.

I have never been racing in Ireland (Bucket List) but I would recommend a visit to Dublin to anyone if you ever get the chance. A wonderful City
 
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granger said:
you are a scot Tanlic?

I had you down for being from Nicky country
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Scottish for sure .. I rode out at over 10 yards but alas I never got round to going that far south to 7-barrows but was invited by Nicky when I met him in 1983 when a horse I bought beat one of his...absolute gentelman and been a fan ever since.
 
Tanlic said:
Scottish for sure .. I rode out at over 10 yards but alas I never got round to going that far south to 7-barrows but was invited by Nicky when I met him in 1983 when a horse I bought beat one of his...absolute gentelman and been a fan ever since.
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Did you tell him then that as of then an unknown store horse from France would have won a champion hurdle with the initals SS?
 
Thanks for sharing, Colm - a vivid yet melancholy missive.

I wonder. Have you considered heading to Siena, and doing a piece on the Palio? It is another spectacle high on history, colour and pageantry…..and there is a horse-race thrown in for good measure.
 
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Grasshopper said:
Thanks for sharing, Colm - a vivid yet melancholy missive.

I wonder. Have you considered heading to Siena, and doing a piece on the Palio? It is another spectacle high on history, colour and pageantry…..and there is a horse-race thrown in for good measure.
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There was I thinking of Bonjers' post yesterday re WPM stable injuries while reading Com's piece and waiting for the punch line; I must go out more.
 
Sadly I cannot read this wonderful piece of literature as it won’t let me....:mad:

But I do agree re the Palio...it was on my bucket list and I went just over seven years ago. Absolutely brilliant. Nothing on earth like 29 false starts, jockeys pulling other jockeys off their horses, rampantly excited Italians all screaming and yelling, fights because the wrong horse won and a cannon going off which resulted in the Americans in front of me hurling themselves onto the ground shouting “it’s a terrorist attack!” If you go, don’t bother with getting seats. Sweat it out in the middle for four hours as that’s where the atmosphere is!
 
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