Andrew J Dunlop

Following on from this mad train journey…

Start 21:45 30/08/2008

Berlin Hauptbahnhof (21:45) to Paris Gare du Nord (09:14) - City Night Line Nacht Zug

 

Paris Gare du Nord (12:13) to London St. Pancras (13:28) - Eurostar

 

London Paddington to Reading - First Great Western

Reading to Birmingham New Street - CrossCrountry

Birmingham New Street to Crewe - Virgin Trains

Crewe (22:20) to Holyhead (00:31) - Virgin Trains

Holyhead (02:40) to Dublin Ferry Port (05:55) - Irish Sea Ferries

Dublin Ferry Port to Dublin Bus Station - Bus Éireann - Not included in ticket

Dublin Connolly Street (07:35) to Belfast Central (09:45) - Enterprise

 

Belfast Central (10:50) to Ballymoney (12:00) - NI Railways

Arrival: 12:00 01/09/2008

Duration: 38hrs 15mins

Using: 9 Trains (inc. London Underground), 1 Ferry & Bus

…and all in time for my Mum and Dad’s wedding anniversary party.

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[My bro Matthew pointed me towards this one]

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I like Apple and Wednesday (this particular Wednesday I name “Wednesday of getting more than you paid for”). I went on to The Apple Store to check up on the progress of the 17″ iMac that I had ordered for my parents and brother and found that things had changed.. and for the better. For a start the estimated delivery date which originally had been predicting 25th Sept was now indicating the 12th. Next I noticed that the processor had been upgraded to a 2GHz Core 2 Duo from a 1.8Ghz Core Duo! The optical drive was now a Dual Layer DVD writer. And most amazing of all the price had DROPPED £130!! Yey for ordering iMac at just the right time. (Just don’t tell Matthew).

UPDATE: Delivery date has been revised again and shiny iMac should land on our door step (I hope figuratively rather than literally) by Friday.

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Oh dear, Wikipedia Article on Dublin Riots
Who ever thought alowing this march would be a good idea?

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Anyone who lives in Ireland who live near the boarder will no doupt know the pain of their phone automatically switching over to a network on the other side. This means that any calls made or recieved or anything else done on your phone is at International rates. This is really annoying and I know of lots of people who have been caught out by this. Finally O2 Ireland have decided to cut roaming charges to N.Ireland and reduce their charges for making calls. To find out bout this click HERE.

But this isn’t enough. What about us Northern Irelanders why have o2 and others not cut international charges for us. After all we can have a British or Irish passport so why not same mobile rates. The EU are starting to look at what can be done in general to cut stupidly high roaming charges throughout Europe they should also look at the situation in Ireland.

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Went to Dublin on Sunday morning till Monday evening with Jonny Boyd, Henry and Emma.

This Picture (and the one under the Celtic Cross) were taken at Monasterboice where there is also a round tower. (for more photo’s see my Photo section on my site ajdunlop.me.uk

This proves that anyone can work a mobile phone if they put their mind to it. (this lovely lady is in the Dublinia museum)

Cheezy car sticker spotted in Malahide (north of Dublin) tags: Ireland, Dublin, Photos, Flickr

 

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Haven’t Posted here in a while Sorry, Well whats been happening in my life sence my Birthday then? Here is a very Brief overview Went home to sunny (i think not) N.Ireland for Christmas. On last week of Christmas Holidays went skiing in Mayerhofen, Austria with my family. Was lots of fun. Came back to Manc and did Semester 1 exams. Passed them (hope i can do the same for the next ones) Started going out with Rebecca in Febuary Home for easter Hols for 3 weeks. And now i’m back in Manc trying to finish off the last of my work so i can get revising.

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