Elliot Pascoe’s Blog

Elliot joined us today for a trip to Blarney Castle. It was quite a scary climb for a little tacker. The staircase is very narrow and slippery. We felt a bit paranoid that he might slip and disappear somewhere, but we managed to keep hold of him.

Blarney Castle is just 20 minutes from Cork. We have the next couple of months here in Ireland so we are hoping to explore a bit more over the coming weekends.

Elliot had his 4th birthday party at Castledare Miniature Railway in Wilson. We chose a Sunday where the steam engines run. It was great to smell the coal, hear the puff of the engines and even real whistles. Lots of dedicated train hobbyists keep the whole network working like clockwork.

Castledare has been there since the 1960s. The 3km of track winds around bush and wetlands

As you can see below it was smiles all round, everyone loves trains !

Did the bus+train trip to Green’s Cafe again today on Easter Monday. Apparently they sustained terrible water damage in the recent storms, but they already have a new ceiling, new lights and new couches. The cakes are just as good as ever.

Very hard to make it home and not drop in to Kailis Leederville also.

I hope Elliot has good memories of these events when he is older. We sure are lucky to have a bus route outside our house and live so close the city.

Taken at Becky & Valera’s place.

Sometimes they are kittens and sometimes they are puppies. No matter which species they are on a particular day, they are never too far away. I wonder if they will last longer than his love of holding something that size.

Kinda hard to capture Elliot sitting still. 3 year olds sure have a  lot of energy.

Quite happy with this shot, it feels like it captures how Elliot looks to me.