Up at dawn, well still dark and on a train to Gatwick. Met up with Talita to have the usual excess baggage argument this time with Ryanair and their disgustingly low amount of 15kg per bag. After paying boarded our flight to Dublin which actually left on time. Still with all the extras you'd be better off on another airline.

Made it into the center of Dublin just before noon to meet up with Philly and Paul of Gama Bomb for a little lunch. We then moved across town to the very accommodating pub Mulligans who let us loose in their closed bar for some photo shenanigans!

After a few setups and a little wander we drank (pictured) right up until we needed to catch our flight back to Gatwick. Had a weird one at the airport where they called me down to screening, umm most airports just open the bag themselves! Caught the flight again on time but this time they didn't charge extra, consistency of charges another reason not to bother with Ryanair. Although they did leave the safety demo items sitting next to me before we took off. Don't leave those unattended and not expect me to try them on! (pics to follow) Arrived home in the dark that I left in early this morning.