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A Tullyroan Travelogue

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Archive for the ‘Build-up’ Category

Mon
30
Apr '12

“You go to these places and all you can do is get lost!”

Hello Lucy, Hope you found a half decent engineer to fix your recent technical difficulties – all the ones I know are on holiday!  Glad you have arrived safely and have started your big trip.  Back in Tullyroan the two Mrs. Ds are hacking into Ryan’s computer to bring you more pearls of wisdom whether […]

Sun
29
Apr '12

“I was never further than my back door, so how on earth did I get to America?”

Hello Lucy, Malkie and Ryan, Just wondering if you have made it to Portland?  I told your Nanny you should be in Oregon by now and she said that wrung a bell.  She then remembered her first trip to America was to visit Doris and Stephen in Oregon all by herself – she took her sister for […]

Fri
27
Apr '12

Packing Notes

Does anyone actually enjoy packing? Yes there is the anticipation of the long-awaited holiday – the imaginings of sun, sea and surf, the poolside cocktails, the lazy lunches (though in our case perhaps its more the flat tires and roadside assistance). But for me packing is an unhappy fact of going on holiday, the part […]

Wed
25
Apr '12

“Sure I did that too”

While Lucy, Malkie and Ryan are up to high doe about the forthcoming road trip in America, their grandmother is much more sanguine. Pictures have emerged of the road trip Mrs. D was on in the West Coast with her sister Mrs. T Well, that’s no road trip I hear you say… but here’s the […]

Tue
20
Mar '12

80mph

This might be the kind of conversation we have on the road… http://www.todaysbigfail.com/view/20120320

Mon
19
Mar '12

The Tullyroan Travelogue

Thank you for reading the Tullyroan Travelogue. When Lucy, Malkie and Ryan arrive in Portland, Oregon, on the 28th April they probably have no idea of what is in store for them… However, on this blog you can follow the trails and trials of their journey. There will be triumphs (Malkie’s chocolate brownies), there will be […]