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Posted on November 13, 2007
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I was in Dungarvan last week and made a wee day trip to Tramore. On the way back, I took the long way out of town and stopped by Guillamene Cove. It’s a funny place. The last time I was there, it was a very sunny day and I was doing the tourist thing and driving really slowly. I ‘thought‘ I saw a sales rep stuck behind me so I basically stopped, stuck my hand out the window and waved him past. Big mistake. It was a uniformed policeman in a unmarked car! I guess he was really p*ssed because I’d told him what to do by waving by arm at him. I won’t get into it but he barked at me, ‘what the f*ck are you doing?’
Anyway, Guillamene is just outside Tramore in Co Waterford and they’re ‘NO’ signs everywhere. Needless to say, there’s a committee who look after the place.
Originally, it was a men-only swimming area so NO women were allowed. The sign is still there but it’s just a reminder of times past. Now, there’s NO fishing, NO radios, NO diving, NO dogs and more that I can’t remember now.
Strange place, anyway. A stone’s throw away is Newtown Cove which is much nicer. Though I wouldn’t throw a stone because it’s probably not allowed! Newtown Cove holds one special memory for me.
One time, when I was younger and drove cars like the Toyota Starlet (oh, the shame), I used to visit friends in the area. One warm evening, I drove very enthusiastically down the boreen (small road) to this beach.
I’d just bought The Stone Roses’ Second Coming and their first song, Breaking into Heaven, burst out of the speakers as my car flashed underneath the overhanging trees lining the road.
And then, just as the intro crescendoed into the main body of the song, my car burst out of the tree’s shadows and into the sunlight. It was a magical moment as the music, the (car) speed, the location and the weather all combined to create an experience that was more than the sum of their parts. It was only later that I discovered that the song was called Breaking into Heaven. Years later, I now have bigger cars but I’ll always remember that day.
I’m still trying to recreate that moment (with music!) and break into heaven.
