The castlebar adventure was quite cool really and we would like to share it with you unfortunatly though the photos have been a problem of late. My digital camera was rubbish to begin with and since it broke it has become if anything even worse. To add to this a load of the photos that i did have were stored on my computer at home. The computer ran into some technical difficulties i.e our hard drive got fried and a lot of the photos that i did have got lost on the drive. This was awful as these were the only copies of these photos i had as i was silly enough not to back anything up on disk. To be honest i am really hacked off by this cos apart from everything these photos spark off memories everytime i see them memories of great shows cool places wicked people we met and great adventures we had. In a lot of cases all we have left of these memories is what you see on the blog but the blog represents only a fraction of the photos we had. Lesson learned is to back everything up on disk.
Castlebar happened towards the end of May the gig itself took place at the museum of country life which is set in the scenic surrounds of Tourlough Park just outside Castlebar. These people deserved some good luck. This was our third year doing this gig and this is the first year that it has not rained incessently during the gig.
They put on a really good show as well with different acts, a food tent and various other activities to keep people busy. The other great thing is that it is all free. The whole place is one the national museums and hence getting in is free for all who come here. We were gigging here for two days so we really got to see the place and i reccomend that you get yourself along to this place and have a look at the way we lived. We also got to hang out with our good mate Ruan who lives nearby and who came over to Westport to hang out with us and have dinner at the wonderful Sol Rio resturant in the town of Westport great food kind of an Italian twist reasonably priced, i had a risotto as my main i was really pleased with it wholesome food only black mark really was the desserts which were only ok. Ronaldo and i also had a mission and that mission was to surf Unfortunatly our mission and the weather conditions were not in sync well what can you do but go along with the weather. We did have a lovely drive around some of the more scenic beaches to the west of Westport out beyond Louisberg. Gorgeous countryside and one of the real perks of the job that we get to see and experience this as part of our job.
During the gigs we also got to meet one of our biggest fans a little lad from these parts who has come to many of our shows his mom is great and she brings him travelling him about the place to encourage his interest in the circus. Dig this she brought him to Paris to see Cirque du Soleil not thats dedacation. Since we met him last year he has taught himself to juggle balls to a competent level. One to watch for the future as he is now only 10ish and could potentially be quite a good performer for the future. What really gets me is that he has seen our show many times and does not seem to have become bored by us yet.
On the downside we did four really good shows and in the last show while doing the finale i somehow conspired to twist my knee somehow and pulled the ligament on the side of my knee again. Its the second time that it has happened now. This time as it was happening i realised it was happening and i pulled out of the twist that i was doing and went down like a sack of potatoes. Pain intense pain but the show must go on. And so it did. On the way home we stopped in a resturant in Ballinrobe and had a bite to eat in a really nice place and the people there gave us some ice to put on my knee which really helped with the pain and the swelling.
Before i finish this entry i must give a special mention to the resturant pictuered below which is a little place that we also found in Ballinrobe on the way to the gig. Ballinrobe is a small town and to find one really good resturant is unusual to find two is extraordinary. Fair play to Ballinrobe. We were looking for a breakfast spot and we came across this gem which not only had a great breakfast but it was cheap too weighing in at a very reasonable 5 euro each including coffee.


You could not even get a waitress to look at you for 5 euro in Dublin not to mind giving you food for this price. Resturants like this deserve to be supported so if you are passing through Ballinrobe or anywhere near Ballinrobe get in there for some good food. Fanzini Brothers eating for Ireland.