Moving Day

Today I moved from the castle to the manse...from Castlewellan to Dundrum. I had another good chat with David and one with Andrew. Then Lorna drove me to Dundrum just in time for lunch! The others had a bit of delay en route and arrived just a few minutes before I did.

We met the interns, Jenna, Danielle and Nick, then Jenn served lunch. It was a choice of carrot/coriander soup or potato/leeks with wheat bread and then apple crumble with custard.

Richie took us to the Dundrum Castle...built in 1177 A.D. Yes, it's OLD! The gatekeeper told us about the movies he has been in. He plays character parts with emphasis on weaponry. We trekked around but the mist was so heavy we could not even see the bay. We'll do that again.

A view of the "keep" from the inside

Another part of the castle

This would have been a 3 story building with, of course, a roof! There was a fireplace on the second floor.  We walked around the castle ruins, then down to the main street of Dundrum as far as the Church of Ireland, then back up to the Manse. Just time to freshen up a bit before Alan arrived.

The "new" section of the....still hundreds of years old. 

 Alan Blakely had invited us to go to the Uganda Choir presentation for Fields of Life. Bebe opted out but the rest of us went. We stopped in Annalong on the way to Kilkeel for fish and chips....at the Galley, the best 'chippy' place in North Ireland! The fish is great there!!

The Uganda Choir

 They asked for volunteers from the audience (of about 300) to come up and let the children teach them to dance. Alan volunteered! He has been on several mission trips to Uganda to build schools. He is impassioned about this work! It was fun for him to join them!

We were home after by 10:30 pm. Bebe came in just as we did. A bit of chatting with Nick, one of the interns, some FBing, email and blogging...and that's our Tuesday!