Jimmy's weblog

Name: Paddy
Breed: Mixed (exact lineage completely unknown)
Hobbies: Biting toes, drinking from the toilet, hiding in filing cabinets and knocking any/everything off tables
Most active hours: 11pm - 1am and 5am - 7am
Ideal day: Wake around 5am, bite Jimmy’s toes until he gets up and starts playing with me, eat breakfast, chase dried food around kitchen, sleep, [...]

Photos of Australian native (and not so native) wildlife taken during a trip to the Grampians several weeks ago.

The Bay of Martyrs, Great Ocean Road

Loch Ard Gorge, Great Ocean Road

London Bridge, Great Ocean Road

Pauline in front of London Bridge, Great Ocean Road

The 12 Apostles, Great Ocean Road

The 12 Apostles, Great Ocean Road

Nick at the King’s summer palace outside Stockholm, Sweden.

Nick and Jorun at the King’s summer palace.

Jimmy freezing his arse off near the King’s summer palace.

View of Stockholm over the water.

Mosaic inside the Stockholm town hall.

Watch out for the Swedish police informerkat!

Northern Ireland and England edition.

Giants Causeway, County Antrim.

Giants Causeway, County Antrim.

Giants Causeway, County Antrim.

Nationalist mural, Northern Ireland.

Nationalist mural, Northern Ireland.

Old Bailey, London.

The Republic of Ireland edition.

Newgrange burial chamber, County Meath.

Irish sunrise, County Donegal.

Guinness ad, County Kerry.

Pub at the church ahead, County Kerry.

One of the Lakes of Killarney.

Ancient burial site, County Killarney.

Jimmy kissing the Blarney Stone, County Cork.

Still in Greece, this time at Delphi, located 150km north-west of Athens on the slopes of the holy Mount Parnassus. Although well known for its artistic and athletic spectacles, Delphi is most famous for the oracle who held court in the temple of Apollo and dispensed wisdom to those who visited. To the ancient Greeks, [...]

Anyone looking for a car? Izmir, Turkey.

The Parthenon is a known as a Doric peripteral temple, built on a rectangular floor surrounded by a series of low steps and a colonnade of Doric columns. The main temple contains no absolutely straight lines, giving a slightly softer character to what is otherwise a strongly geometric structure.

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A word for the wise.
Next time you find yourself drunk in a late-night Turkish bar talking to a girl who says she’ll do a favour for you if you do one for her, just say “No”. Otherwise, six hours later, you may find yourself in the back seat of a 1960s model Landrover whilst suffering [...]