London 2012, here comes The Wombat?

The Olympic flame is currently on its way around the UK, ahead of the London 2012 Olympics, and of course The Wombat wanted to get involved.

On day 17 of the relay (Monday 4th June 2012), he waited patiently in Derry at the Peace Bridge...


... Watched the cauldron being lit by the day's final torch bearer...
 

... And even got to sit on the torch itself (unlit, thankfully) with the help of his minder.

The Wombat loves Eurovision!

The Wombat lurrrrrrrves Eurovision!

And this year he's supporting Jedward.

The Wombat meets the almighty Chris Baty again

A few years ago, The Wombat attended the Night of Writing Dangerously as part of National Novel Writing Month, where he met its founder Chris Baty. (Details of that night) Chris has been visiting Ireland, and met up with some NaNoWriMo participants...
And of course, The Wombat insisted on being there again.

"Wombat is coming..."

The Wombat loves watching Game of Thrones on TV. (We think he fancies himself another Tyrion Lannister.) So he was delighted to visit one of the filming locations: Ballintoy Harbour, aka the Iron Islands.
It all looks much less forbidding in the sunshine though!

Wombat with a Cause(way)

The Wombat has been to the Giant's Causeway before of course. But he enjoyed seeing it again on a much sunnier day!