Verbal abuse from young clowns

As part of the recent bike week events I participated in a guided tour of the city of Cork by bicycle, one wet evening.

This event was most interesting and enjoyable, not to mention informative, and did I mention the rain? The only part of the tour which caused any concern to me was as we assembled to listen to our guide outside the Firkin Crane, Butter Exchange building in the Shandon area.

A small group of teenagers, boys and girls aged about thirteen or fourteen were gathered there, ‘hanging out’, as they say, on the steps.