Summer Tour 2025 – Part 2

By Gabriele

As we arrived in Kilkenny, we were told that we would be leaving our cases on the coach as we were only doing one concert there. Moving off the coach we headed to St. Canice Cathedral to leave all our equipment as well as robes and bags. We had lunch in an Italian restaurant in town which had lovely food like pizza and pasta. After our delicious lunch we walked up to Kilkenny Castle where we did a little shopping and had some overpriced crepes! Next up was the walk down to the venue where we had a quick sound check followed by a fantastic concert. Tired, we helped move some small equipment to the coach. We quickly went to the hotel and moved to our rooms. Having had dinner in the vestry of the church we quickly went to sleep, excited for Emerald Park of the next day.

The day started with us moving out of the hotel after a very filling breakfast. With only one lift working some of us took the stairs which wound into a long corridor leading to the lobby. As we piled onto the coach it began lightly raining which was a disappointment as we were supposed to go to Emerald Park. For some reason we still had to apply sunscreen!

The coach journey was uneventful and before long we had arrived at Emerald Park. With its towering rollercoasters. When we stepped out of the coach and got into our groups we were given wrist bands for the entry. We all dispersed as we went our different ways. Some went to the large roller coasters while others chose the log fumes or carnival games. One of the most surprising things possibly even more than the tallest and freakiest rides was that two Libera boys came back with a very large plush panda. We named him Pandy, and he became our most recent member! For those who went on log fumes, we had to go back to the coach still slightly wet as not a lot of us wanted to pay the dryer fee.

After an eventful and exciting day we were pleased to reach the school we were staying at and looking forward to a good night’s sleep!

To be continued…