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Newbridge Chat Thread

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  • #902
    WishUWereHere
    Registered Users Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭WishUWereHere


    Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »
    Not quite a walk, but how about Pollardstown Fen? Or even just down by the river (I don't want to use the term 'Linear Park'). Or more hardcore, the Ring of Roseberry? :D

    Is Pollardstown open? I have been down Linear any times, also a nice walk. Sorry, I ought to have mentioned that in my previous post?


  • #903
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,441 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    I'm not sure if it's open, to be honest. It was just an idea...


  • #904
    Damien360
    Registered Users Posts: 6,247 ✭✭✭Damien360


    WishUWereHere wrote: »
    Is Pollardstown open? I have been down Linear any times, also a nice walk. Sorry, I ought to have mentioned that in my previous post?

    The fen is 100% closed. The car park has the metal gate across it and there are new CCTV cameras present.


  • #905
    WishUWereHere
    Registered Users Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭WishUWereHere


    Damien360 wrote: »
    The fen is 100% closed. The car park has the metal gate across it and there are new CCTV cameras present.

    Thought so Damien. Thanks for that. Another thing about the Fen - the walkways are very narrow if one had been able to walk there, and meet someone else along the way. Social Distancing would have been very hard there.


  • #906
    Damien360
    Registered Users Posts: 6,247 ✭✭✭Damien360


    WishUWereHere wrote: »
    Thought so Damien. Thanks for that. Another thing about the Fen - the walkways are very narrow if one had been able to walk there, and meet someone else along the way. Social Distancing would have been very hard there.

    It’s outdoors and it’s not often you meet that many people. Yes the walkways are narrow but not that tight. There is a unwritten rule that most walk it clockwise. Very rare I meet people coming the other way. You have a bigger chance of walking in dog poo than meeting someone. There was a spate of car break-ins in the last 6 months. Hopefully the new CCTV will put a stop to that when things return to normal.


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  • #907
    Cazale
    Registered Users Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Cazale


    New chipper called Luigi's Primo opening where Chick King used to be.


  • #908
    itsnotmyname
    Registered Users Posts: 206 ✭✭itsnotmyname


    and why not ...they own most of the town already . Hope it does better than previous occupants and they get good customers.


  • #909
    WishUWereHere
    Registered Users Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭WishUWereHere


    itsnotmyname wrote: »
    and why not ...they own most of the town already . Hope it does better than previous occupants and they get good customers.

    Eh, where you referring to?


  • #910
    silverview
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭silverview


    Damien360 wrote: »
    The fen is 100% closed. The car park has the metal gate across it and there are new CCTV cameras present.

    What would it be like to walk with a pram? Obviously i'm talking about doing that when it is safe to do so... never been and i don't live that far away.


  • #911
    Cazale
    Registered Users Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Cazale


    Lidl have got permission to demolish their store in Newbridge and rebuild a much bigger one.


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  • #912
    WishUWereHere
    Registered Users Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭WishUWereHere


    silverview wrote: »
    What would it be like to walk with a pram? Obviously i'm talking about doing that when it is safe to do so... never been and i don't live that far away.

    Personally, & this is purely my opinion, I would NOT bring a pram there. Aside from the uneven surface on the walk, there is also a lot of dampness on the ground. But to put your own mind at ease, why not do a 'trial run' go solo when it opens and You be the judge for Yourself?

    Anyone living near there, and assuming this CV19 crap is over, I'd recommend it. It will only take about 20-25 minutes. And as said above, hopefully, with new cams there, break-ins are a thing of the past.


  • #913
    WishUWereHere
    Registered Users Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭WishUWereHere


    Cazale wrote: »
    Lidl have got permission to demolish their store in Newbridge and rebuild a much bigger one.

    Why bother building a new one, when there is a 2 storey store vacant in Whitewater?;)

    But seriously Cazale, any idea when they are starting the demolition & re-build? Also, will that mean Newbridge won't have ANY German supermarkets while Lidl are renovating? And ( sorry for all the q's) will the new bigger store be on the same site?


  • #914
    NedNew2
    Registered Users Posts: 379 ✭✭NedNew2


    Lidl details here:

    https://www.kildarenow.com/news/home/541560/lidl-to-build-bigger-supermarket-in-newbridge.html


  • #915
    Damien360
    Registered Users Posts: 6,247 ✭✭✭Damien360


    WishUWereHere wrote: »
    Personally, & this is purely my opinion, I would NOT bring a pram there. Aside from the uneven surface on the walk, there is also a lot of dampness on the ground. But to put your own mind at ease, why not do a 'trial run' go solo when it opens and You be the judge for Yourself?

    Anyone living near there, and assuming this CV19 crap is over, I'd recommend it. It will only take about 20-25 minutes. And as said above, hopefully, with new cams there, break-ins are a thing of the past.

    Agreed. With a pram would be difficult on the fen walk as it is uneven. The wooden walkway with mesh clipped down is three quarters way around and then it goes to gravel path for the last stretch alongside the water. The big wheel three wheelers would be alright on the surface. It’s a lovely place. Take your time and look into every bush and you will be amazed with the variety of insects, lizards (only came across them once), frogs and flowers (small orchid).


  • #916
    Cazale
    Registered Users Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Cazale


    Speed van opposite Lidl today in direction of Dunnes. Never seen it around that area before.


  • #917
    WishUWereHere
    Registered Users Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭WishUWereHere


    Damien360 wrote: »
    The fen is 100% closed. The car park has the metal gate across it and there are new CCTV cameras present.

    Just back from The Fen. Glorious day and a fantastic walk - IT'S OPEN!!!

    Only one thing though, whoever runs it WILL have to make the walk one-way. Only about 4 cars out there, but in those 4 cars one of the occupants were walking anti clockwise.


  • #918
    Darc19
    Registered Users Posts: 3,817 ✭✭✭Darc19


    WishUWereHere wrote: »
    Just back from The Fen. Glorious day and a fantastic walk - IT'S OPEN!!!

    Only one thing though, whoever runs it WILL have to make the walk one-way. Only about 4 cars out there, but in those 4 cars one of the occupants were walking anti clockwise.
    No requirement whatsoever to make that or any other walkway one way.

    Social distancing is a combination of distance and time inside that distance.

    The WHO says 15 minutes within a 2 metre distance is the risk.

    Passing someone on a walkway or in the aisle of a shop or on a footpath is not considered a risk even within 2m.


  • #919
    Cazale
    Registered Users Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Cazale


    Cazale wrote:
    New chipper called Luigi's Primo opening where Chick King used to be.

    This opened yesterday.


  • #920
    silverview
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭silverview


    Cazale wrote: »
    This opened yesterday.

    Anyone tried it lads?


  • #921
    Cazale
    Registered Users Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Cazale


    silverview wrote:
    Anyone tried it lads?

    Got this tonight with the missus. Got a few little extras to try them out. Mainly good but some bad. The gourmet burger, quarter pounder burger and the kebab chip tray were all lovely. Their onion rings are in a very light tempura batter which were nice enough but didn't feel like an Italian chipper style. The potato scallops were vile. Tasted like yesterdays reheats. They forgot to send us our bag of chips so I can't say what they are like.

    It was nice but I'm eating healthy all week and this was my weekly treat. I'll give them another go but I kind of wish I had went to the Central Grill in Ballymany.


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  • #922
    WishUWereHere
    Registered Users Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭WishUWereHere


    Cazale wrote: »
    Got this tonight with the missus. Got a few little extras to try them out. Mainly good but some bad. The gourmet burger, quarter pounder burger and the kebab chip tray were all lovely. Their onion rings are in a very light tempura batter which were nice enough but didn't feel like an Italian chipper style. The potato scallops were vile. Tasted like yesterdays reheats. They forgot to send us our bag of chips so I can't say what they are like.

    It was nice but I'm eating healthy all week and this was my weekly treat. I'll give them another go but I kind of wish I had went to the Central Grill in Ballymany.

    BEST chipper in the County IMHO.


  • #923
    NewbridgeIR
    Registered Users Posts: 3,712 ✭✭✭NewbridgeIR


    I have never tried the Central Grill in Ballymany; been in the one on the Main Street a few things but usually go to Cook's Cabin. Must try Ballymany.


  • #924
    Cazale
    Registered Users Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Cazale


    WishUWereHere wrote:
    BEST chipper in the County IMHO.

    NewbridgeIR wrote:
    I have never tried the Central Grill in Ballymany; been in the one on the Main Street a few things but usually go to Cook's Cabin. Must try Ballymany.

    It's a savage spot.


  • #925
    ladyella
    Registered Users Posts: 208 ✭✭ladyella


    Another vote for Central grill at Ballymany, never disappointed


  • #926
    GavMan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,913 ✭✭✭GavMan


    Are the ones in Ballymany and the main street separate entities or are they run by the same crowd. Nearly 6 years in Newbridge and just assumed they were the same


  • #927
    GavMan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,913 ✭✭✭GavMan


    Cazale wrote: »
    They forgot to send us our bag of chips so I can't say what they are like.

    When you're a chipper...thats a bit of a neddy no no


  • #928
    foodaholic
    Registered Users Posts: 1,513 ✭✭✭foodaholic


    GavMan wrote: »
    Are the ones in Ballymany and the main street separate entities or are they run by the same crowd. Nearly 6 years in Newbridge and just assumed they were the same

    Id like to know too
    I never liked the one on the main street
    Assumed they where the same crowd so never tried the Ballymany one

    I like Florinos - great chips but their burgers arent great


  • #929
    silverview
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭silverview


    foodaholic wrote: »
    Id like to know too
    I never liked the one on the main street
    Assumed they where the same crowd so never tried the Ballymany one

    I like Florinos - great chips but their burgers arent great

    I always went to the one on the main street... will defo give the one in Ballymany a go next time.


  • #930
    Cazale
    Registered Users Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Cazale


    GavMan wrote:
    Are the ones in Ballymany and the main street separate entities or are they run by the same crowd. Nearly 6 years in Newbridge and just assumed they were the same

    There is another one in Sallins too.


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  • #931
    Cazale
    Registered Users Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Cazale


    GavMan wrote:
    When you're a chipper...thats a bit of a neddy no no

    You better believe it!


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