Day 3 in NI

Reasonable night's sleep and thankfully the feral roosters don't make much noise overnight. yes, you read correctly, feral roosters.  There are feral chickens all over the place here.  That's what the locals call them and I'm happy to carry on with the name calling! Of an afternoon if I am in my room I open the main door and my sliding glass door that goes out onto the balcony and let a lovely breeze through.  Have to keep an eye on the chickens that they don't wander in as well.  No one owns them and they roam wherever they like. There is one particular little black hen that has claimed room 10 as its own, so she and I have a mutual respect that so far means she won't come into the room while I am here, but she is welcome onto the balcony at any time. There are also cows around the place that roam free.  One of the very few road rules that exist in this place is that you must give way to cows!!!. They are the best fed and happy cows I've ever seen. There is no dairy here, they are all beef cows, so all milk tends to be the long life variety that is flown in from Australia.
I need to clarify a point I made yesterday re pensions, there is definitely no dole or single parent pension, but there is a disability and aged pension, however the locals tend to fund raise for anyone in need.  So you had better get on well with your neighbours!!!People take out their own super funds but tend to be self-funded retirees that rely on family supporting them too. (Seems like that happens in Adelaide too...)
As much as this is a beautiful place and clearly has a delightful lifestyle of no fuss or bother, I will be happy to visit again, but won't be moving here any time soon.
Anyway another leisurely breakfast and then I headed up to the craft market.  Nothing much that interested me -very small scale with lots of jewellery that looks the same as every other craft fair I have been to.  Booked a couple of tours for myself for the next couple of days and then found my way into Benjamin's store which has upmarket jewellery and bits and pieces.  Bought myself a pair of Pandora earrings and 2 charms for my bracelet but when I eventually wandered back to the hotel 1 of my group told me that the assistant had forgotten to put in 1 of my charms, but hadn't charged me for it anyway.  So will wander back there tomorrow morning for my NI cow charm :-) There are very few shops open of a Sunday so it is very very quiet in the main street.
Back at the hotel and time for lunch which I bought from the bakery again.  then at 1 we all met in the foyer for our Convict Settlement tour. Our lovely driver was Max again and he did a great job of showing us all around Kingston - the convict cemetery and the ruins of the jail and restored settlement buildings of the 1820-1850s. all very interesting and clearly the convicts and jailers had it hard - more so the convicts.  We stopped and had a cuppa and cake on the foreshore nearly Emily Bay and eventually headed back to the hotel about 4.30 p.m.  A few of the group are going to a Murder Mystery dinner tonight, but I've booked the rest of us into the Blue Bull cafe which is a short walk down the street so hope it is okay.
So back in my room and time to pen you these lines while I have a lemon Ruski and rice crackers.  That's your lot for now.
Weather once again glorious at about 25 degrees, blue skies a few clouds and not a care in the world... Ah dear me, I wonder what those pesky peasants are doing.
Hey peasants... what you doing????