Going potty somewhere under the rainbow

BY far the shortest way for me to reach Cork city from my idyllic West Cork redoubt is via the road from Timoleague to Bandon.

However, having travelled it yesterday, I am not sure if my ageing automobile will be able to stand the holes and hollows of another trip.

It must be even worse for those with recent models who are conscious of the depreciation in value that broken shocks or springs will entail. The potholes to be encountered on this and many Irish by-roads are awesome. A friend arriving off the ferry from Britain blew a tyre within an hour of arriving on Irish (sub) soil.