Mounts have been in the news recently, together with references to an exodus of biblical proportions. UN groups quoted by the Guardian newspaper said at least 40,000 Yazidis, many of them women and children, had taken refuge in nine locations on Mount Sinjar, a mile-high ridge identified in local legend as the final resting place of Noah’s Ark. You could get there in less than 5 hours from Dublin, maybe around the time it takes to get to the Canary Islands. – What kind of world is this?

Today, I visited Mount Bolus – one of those rare places Google maps does not show any details for. It looks like a name printed on map in the middle of nowhere. It’s near Tullamore in Ireland. And yes, Tullamore is not a huge place either…

I went there with a lady from ABI Ireland and was welcomed by other ABI Ireland staff when we arrived. It is an amazing place, one of the nicest places for (mainly young) people with ABI I’ve seen so far. It has all the elements one would wish to see in place for their loved one, and staff who couldn’t be nicer. It was a true revelation.

There were more meetings during the day, all with truly amazing people. At the end of the day we decided to continue our discussions to make An Saol a reality.

Pádraig has still been recovering from his cold. All in all, he is over it, but it will take another few days until it’ll be gone completely. Apart from the cold itself, which, by itself, is not pleasant for him, it prevented him from getting his usual therapies as the therapists decided not to put him under pressure.

Early tomorrow morning I’ll be on the road to lovely Limerick, let’s hope for a nice dry morning!

Tonight this blog managed to get to Number 3 of Best Blog Awards Ireland: please keep voting for it!

Note the date for the poker night for Pádraig (23 August). And, if you’re a better swimmer than a poker player, please join the Sea Swim for Pádraig (06 September)!