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I was on the road bright and early this morning heading on my way to college. My route takes me through Dungarvan, Co. Waterford where I turn off the N25 onto the N72 for a couple of miles and then onto the R672 to take me all the way to Clonmel. Only about a mile [...]

I’ve just had an horrific few days. It stated on Wednesday when all of a sudden I started really craving cigarettes even if I was smoking one at the time. It didn’t take long for me to cop on that this was “my sign.” For some odd reason just as I’m about to come down [...]

I was heading home having finished my last exam yesterday around 11:30am. About half way between Clonmel and Ballymacarbery on the opposite side of the road was a damaged BMW 318. As you can see from one of the photos below it was just abandoned on the road just after a blind corner! No sign [...]

There were road works over at the Waterford side of the River Blackwater last week. I was stopped at some temporary traffic lights. I was looking over towards Youghal and thought that if only the weather was a bit better it would have been a great opportunity for another panorama photo as I was so [...]

You were on the N25 yesterday climbing up the sweep hill outside Dungarvan in the overtaking lane heading towards Cork. I know that merely by being a BMW driver that you own the road and you can do what you want with it but try to have some decency for those who would like to [...]

I’ve been reading about all these flash floods and how loads of motorists pottering around in little Minis, Toyota Prius’ and BMW rep mobiles have been caught out and I think I have the answer! Apparently these flash floods are going to become common place so it stands to reason that insurance companies are going [...]

Day two of my automotive problems. Bus to Waterford, Train to Kilkenny, near seizure when confronted with the bill. End result is my car is back on the road. The culprit was the shiny new looking bit in the picture below.

Actually it was a little less dramatic than that. Just before the I.T. Carlow campus it appear that the fuel pump in my car gave up the ghost. Engine turns, nothing burns. Ironically about half an hour before the engine stopped working I was looking at the economy gauge and it was showing 44.5mpg. “The [...]