Sunday April 26th, 2009. Posted by Alex:

Time's work

It does the same to us all in the end. I noticed this picture as I was browsing a folder from 2005.

(Click to enlarge, as usual)

Madeline McKeever

April 26, 2009 at 6:42 pm

Hmmm, looks a bit like my old Renault 19
Alex W

April 27, 2009 at 4:19 pm

If you want it back, I’ll tell you where it is: from Ballydehob towards Bantry, turn left as if to An Sanctoir but not up into their grounds, about half a mile down there’s a fork, go left (it ends up at some place I’ve forgotten the name of started by some Germans). Anyway, it’s 50 or 100 yards down there in the ditch on the left. Probably still there – it’s only just over 3 years since I last walked past it.
I’d take some jump leads though, from the look of it.

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