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Birdnuts

kollegeknight wrote: »

Plenty of bales of straw in Dundalk from the view in the hotel.

Dublin zoo yesterday- was wedgEd. Small lad spent more time looking at the animals outside the cages.

Off to the giants causeway this morning and hopefully ulster folk museum.

The ZOO has improved massively from the grim place it was in the 80's. Best time to visit though is outside the school holidays if you want to enjoy it to its full potential. I'll be bringing my young nephews there to see the new wolf exhibit next month when things have calmed down a bit

Dinzee Conlee

Birdnuts wrote: »

The ZOO has improved massively from the grim place it was in the 80's. Best time to visit though is outside the school holidays if you want to enjoy it to its full potential. I'll be bringing my young nephews there to see the new wolf exhibit next month when things have calmed down a bit

Jesus, I was taken to the zoo when in the 80s, when I was small. It was supposed to be a big treat... I was traumatised by it, I remember a poor bear just walking around in a circle in a small concrete yard... his spirit looked absolutely broken... I hated it...

I refused to go near any zoo for years after it... I eventually gave in and took the kids to Dublin zoo last year, and it has improved. I still wouldn’t be a huge fan, some of the animals looked institutionalised enough. But it was much better...

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Birdnuts wrote: »

The ZOO has improved massively from the grim place it was in the 80's. Best time to visit though is outside the school holidays if you want to enjoy it to its full potential. I'll be bringing my young nephews there to see the new wolf exhibit next month when things have calmed down a bit

I haven't been to Dublin Zoo in 10/11 years and youngest suggested that we visit it when the children go back to school and hopefully we will get the chance sometime in October.
My favourite place to visit is the Natural History Museum (Archaeology) in Kildare St. Unfortunately the last time I was there 3 or so years ago the upper levels were closed off due to health and safety concerns. Are the upper levels open to the public now?

Grueller

Base price wrote: »

I haven't been to Dublin Zoo in 10/11 years and youngest suggested that we visit it when the children go back to school and hopefully we will get the chance sometime in October.
My favourite place to visit is the Natural History Museum (Archaeology) in Kildare St. Unfortunately the last time I was there 3 or so years ago the upper levels were closed off due to health and safety concerns. Are the upper levels open to the public now?

No still closed as of last Sunday when we took the kids.

kollegeknight

Birdnuts wrote: »

The ZOO has improved massively from the grim place it was in the 80's. Best time to visit though is outside the school holidays if you want to enjoy it to its full potential. I'll be bringing my young nephews there to see the new wolf exhibit next month when things have calmed down a bit

Alas, school holidays are my holidays.

We went to the giants causeway and the ulster folk museum. Two great spots. Small lady took a dislike to the giants causeway as she looked in a peep hole and a “giant” spoke back and frightened every colour ****e out of her.

The ulster folk museum had a few lovely examples of Irish moiled and I think a white park cow and calf but they were a bit away from me. One moiled cow had nearly too much milk.

carrollsno1

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

Jesus, I was taken to the zoo when in the 80s, when I was small. It was supposed to be a big treat... I was traumatised by it, I remember a poor bear just walking around in a circle in a small concrete yard... his spirit looked absolutely broken... I hated it...

I refused to go near any zoo for years after it... I eventually gave in and took the kids to Dublin zoo last year, and it has improved. I still wouldn’t be a huge fan, some of the animals looked institutionalised enough. But it was much better...

Group of us (all farmers sons) went to taronga zoo over the Christmas holidays last year and we all thought twas the saddest place ever to keep an animal. The poor elephants had f#ck all room and looked half depressed and i suppose most of the visitors there would be whinging that farming is cruelty.

Hard Knocks

kollegeknight wrote: »

Alas, school holidays are my holidays.

We went to the giants causeway and the ulster folk museum. Two great spots. Small lady took a dislike to the giants causeway as she looked in a peep hole and a “giant” spoke back and frightened every colour ****e out of her.

The ulster folk museum had a few lovely examples of Irish moiled and I think a white park cow and calf but they were a bit away from me. One moiled cow had nearly too much milk.

If the little ones were older you could do the Bushmills tour & yourself & the OH could try the whiskey tasting
Portrush & Portstewart are nice
Where are you staying tonight?

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Grueller wrote: »

No still closed as of last Sunday when we took the kids.

****e - I wish the OPW or who ever is responsible for the building get it sorted as it's been going on for a good few years now. I regularly brought my lads during the years when they were younger and we enjoyed looking at specimens in the upper galleries.

zetecescort

Hoping to get to Johnstown Castle and Agri museum this weekend

Reggie.

Base price wrote: »

****e - I wish the OPW or who ever is responsible for the building get it sorted as it's been going on for a good few years now. I regularly brought my lads during the years when they were younger and we enjoyed looking at specimens in the upper galleries.

National museums are in charge of it

Birdnuts

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

Jesus, I was taken to the zoo when in the 80s, when I was small. It was supposed to be a big treat... I was traumatised by it, I remember a poor bear just walking around in a circle in a small concrete yard... his spirit looked absolutely broken... I hated it...

I refused to go near any zoo for years after it... I eventually gave in and took the kids to Dublin zoo last year, and it has improved. I still wouldn’t be a huge fan, some of the animals looked institutionalised enough. But it was much better...

Yeah - the polar bear and elephant enclosures were particularly grim back then:(

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Reggie. wrote: »

National museums are in charge of it

Unfortunately I missed a opportunity a few years ago where a regular poster on F&F could have got us access to the upper levels.

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Reggie.

Base price wrote: »

Unfortunately I missed a opportunity a few years ago where a regular poster on F&F could have got us access to the upper levels.

Your loss

kollegeknight

Hard Knocks wrote: »

If the little ones were older you could do the Bushmills tour & yourself & the OH could try the whiskey tasting
Portrush & Portstewart are nice
Where are you staying tonight?

We did the bush mills tour about 5years ago- it was very good. Staying in Dundalk. Fantasia water park in the morning and probably birr castle on the way home.

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Reggie. wrote: »

Your loss

Ahh, for fecks sake don't remind me cause the youngest (the marine biologist) reminds me every time when I mention we should go for a visit to the Natural History Museum.

whelan2

kollegeknight wrote: »

We did the bush mills tour about 5years ago- it was very good. Staying in Dundalk. Fantasia water park in the morning and probably birr castle on the way home.

New Grange farm is worth a visit

kollegeknight

whelan2 wrote: »

New Grange farm is worth a visit

We did it last year but might look into it again. Normally we stay in midlands a few days around the tullamore show. But this year we will go up and down in the day due to OHs work.

Hard Knocks

kollegeknight wrote: »

We did the bush mills tour about 5years ago- it was very good. Staying in Dundalk. Fantasia water park in the morning and probably birr castle on the way home.

Pity you didn’t take in Monaghan Fermanagh Cavan Leitrim & Longford on your way home
Lovely part of the country which may soon be forestry & fracking if our leaders get their way

kollegeknight

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Pity you didn’t take in Monaghan Fermanagh Cavan Leitrim & Longford on your way home
Lovely part of the country which may soon be forestry & fracking if our leaders get their way

Small lady wanted to go to the zoo, OH wanted to go to funtasia water park and we only had two nights away so planned around that.
I’ll suggest that for next year

Buford T. Justice XIX

zetecescort wrote: »

Hoping to get to Johnstown Castle and Agri museum this weekend

It's supposed to be very good. I wanted to head over this year to have a look around since they renovated but will have to wait till next year now.

whelan2

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

It's supposed to be very good. I wanted to head over this year to have a look around since they renovated but will have to wait till next year now.

Did you book any games yet?

Buford T. Justice XIX

whelan2 wrote: »

Did you book any games yet?

Nothing yet. Didn't get over last year at all but hoping to get in one or two this autumn.

kollegeknight

whelan2 wrote: »

New Grange farm is worth a visit

Have the 4yo the option and she chose the farm- thanks for reminding me. Definitely a busmans holiday although the better side of the country.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Anybody know what this plant is?

It's growing on a few bounds ditches on the shaded side. I've never noticed it before.

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Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

Anybody know what this plant is?

It's growing on a few bounds ditches on the shaded side. I've never noticed it before.

Honeysuckle/woodbine. It has a lovely smell.

ganmo

i can smell it just by looking at the photo

whelan2

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

Nothing yet. Didn't get over last year at all but hoping to get in one or two this autumn.

Going to spurs game in October. Trying to get tickets for Chelsea game in may but they are mental money. That game is on on the youngest lads birthday, would be great to go to it .

Buford T. Justice XIX

Base price wrote: »

Honeysuckle/woodbine. It has a lovely smell.

I'm wondering if we need a plant ID thread, I've seen a few this year I've not seen/noticed before.

BP as thread mod:P

Base price

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

I'm wondering if we need a plant ID thread, I've seen a few this year I've not seen/noticed before.

BP as thread mod:P

I'm useless at identifying plants and trees. Honeysuckle is one of the few that I know because we have lots of it growing here and I love the smell of it especially on a fine Summers evening when I'm out herding.