Guinness Tour

Four of us booked tickets on-line, something i suggest everyone does. For a start its cheaper and to make it even better, you skip the enormous queue and walk straight in. Watching the annoyed faces of those queueing makes it sweeter.

Arthur Guinness would be proud of the way the tour is scheduled. I was in the forces for many years and travelled a large portion of the planet. On the way i visited many breweries. All before this one were pretty much standard you walk the entire site to see where each bit is done. But the Guinness tour is different, just like their magnificent commercials. For a start the tour is kept within the same building, the difference being is you spiral your way up around what turns out to be a  massive pint glass. Awesome.

You still get everything any other brewery offers and more, the history of the black stuff and all things associated with it. You also get to sample the stuff about half way round. I sampled at this point many many times. About fifteen times more than was necessary, but i just had to make sure, ahem.

The tour took about 2 hours. Then the final surprise. At the very top you enter the atrium, a 360 glass view over Dublin. You also get to savour the view with a full pint of heaven. It brings back marvelous memory’s just thinking of it. It was dark when we got to the top so Dublin was lit up, more so because it was Christmas.

The three others with me were from Dublin, and not one of them had visited before. Its true about overlooking things on your doorstep. Yet everyone agreed it was well worth it.

I have no hesitations in recommending this tour to anyone, just remember my first note = Book on-line

Westlife. Are they turning into the cover kings?

I have spoken to many people about this, and my conclusion is yet to be answered properly. Before all you devout westlife fans get all steamed up and excited, i actually think they sound very good. However of all the songs they have released, most have been a hit for someone else before them.

So my question is this, “Would they be as famous , if all they sang was their own material?”

Many people i have spoken too are getting fed up with listening to them sing other peoples songs. Its a bit of a no brainer really, they only sing songs that were already hits. So by default there is already a fanbase who like the song. What i would like to see is them release a song that was never famous, because it absolutely bombed when it was released originally. A challenge i very much doubt they would ever take up.

We know they have talent, i think they should start using it a bit more.