title Open Mic Night, Bía Sláinte, Manorhamilton, Ireland - 17th August 2019 intro We finally make it to Manorhamilton, or Cluainín, roughly a week since the ferry from Holyhead. When we get there, the first mission is to figure out where Philly and Davida actually are, and then to find somewhere to stay, as our place in the W8 complex isn't ready until the next day. After a fraught couple of hours, Isobel scores a couple of rooms in a local B&B. The next day, after we're set up in our actual house/apartment for the week, we visit the castle café and then an art exhibition at the Leitrim Sculpture Centre. Then, there's an open mic night at a nearby café, so Fred gets his flute and Irish piccolo out and does a session. imgc4074 Breakfast at our overnight B&B in Manorhamilton imgc4075 The boys pack up their stuff imgp4357 The view from the B&B bedroom window imgc4072 Fred has a swing imgc4073 Harry does some moves imgc4078 Harry meets a cat imgc4083 The boys find a cat to stroke imgc4087 A cat on a wheelbarrow imgc4089 Faith takes us to the river imgc4090 At the river imgc4094 The new house imgc4099 The view from the back imgc4100 The previous owner has left tons of stuff behind imgc4101 Faith, Harry and Fern run about in the barn imgc4102 Fern and Fred imgc4103 Faith and Fern on a plank imgc4106 An old oil lamp imgc4107 The derelict original house, in the grounds imgc4110 Isobel walks around with Rachel imgc4112 Philly pokes around in the woods imgc4113 The house on the hill imgc4116 A family photo imgc4117 We find a small outdoor market and buy some stuff imgp4360 Rachel eats some Cheerios imgp4362 Our apartment block in Manorhamilton's W8 imgp4363 Bits of the site are somewhat unfinished imgp4365 A nearby office building is all unfinished work imgp4366 Isobel and Rachel - Baby Ra-ra imgp4370 Baby Rachel on a wall imgp4373 Milling around outside our apartment imgp4374 We head off into town imgp4375 Fern on the fountain outside Ósta imgp4377 A massive flower and robin mural imgp4379 We head off down the back alleys of Manorhamilton imgp4380 Some sort of formal building imgp4381 Main Street, Manorhamilton imgp4382 A mural showing the inside of the pub imgp4383 The kids are waiting for us imgp4384 A derelict house on Owenbeg River, Castle Street imgp4385 Random junk in someone's yard, Castle Street imgp4386 Funky knotted statue imgp4387 Isobel's got coffee imgp4391 The children mess around in a knotty sculpture imgp4393 Fred sticks his arms through the statue imgp4394 The castle, on Sráid an Chaistleáin imgp4396 Upstairs in the castle café imgp4400 Davida tries out Fred's piccolo imgp4402 Philly reads a book imgp4407 The children climb a wall on Castle Street imgp4408 The legendary Connoly's bar on Castle Street imgp4409 An old Wills's Caps sign imgp4410 The gang roam around in Leitrim Sculpture Centre imgp4411 Harry looks at some art imgp4412 Fern's on the floor of the gallery imgp4414 Harry inspects a sculpture imgp4415 Thompson's service station on the N16 New Line imgp4416 The Leitrim Sculpture Centre imgp4418 Shops on New Line imgp4419 A close-up of Thompson's petrol pump imgp4420 The gang walk down the street imgp4422 We walk along a back alley back to Main Street imgp4428 The original Leitrim Sculpture Centre imgp4429 T. A. Golden shop sign imgp4430 An abandoned chair in the derelict T. A. Golden imgp4436 Fred climbs the steps in W8 imgp4437 The carton of salt says "arse" imgp4438 Fred gets set up with a microphone imgp4441 Fred plays flute in the open mic night imgp4450 The open mic crowd watch the action imgp4452 Noddy's in the house imgp4453 Noddy plays a finger piano imgp4456 Rachel points imgp4459 The counter of the café imgp4461 More open-mic action