I’ve left the terrible entrance to the otherworld, without too much trouble, except covered in mud from climbing into it. I am now sitting on/in Maeve’s fort. It is right here that the Cattle Raid began, and this exact spot where Maeve and her husband quarreled #CattleRaid 
We will have many more digressions but now it is time to start the Cattle Raid. It started with a quarrel and ended in the destruction of two kingdoms. Maeve and her husband, Ailill, were in bed - how often do those words preceded a row? #CattleRaid
“Maeve” said Ailill “Aren’t you lucky I married you” “§$*#@“ (an expressive and ancient expletive) replied Maeve “you are only king because I have allowed you be king”. And so began the fatal quarrel. “But I am richer than you” continued the innocent husband #CattleRaid
To give you an idea of where the quarrell and the Cattle Raid began, here’s a Maeve’s eye view from the fortress as it is today #CattleRaid
Ailill, the egit, challenged his wife “I am richer than you”. So they measured their pots and pans and found they had the same number of each. Pigs, cows, sheep, dogs, geese and ducks; remarkably it was found they had the exact same number #CattleRaid
Gold, silver and bronze - exactly the same. Clubs, swords, spears, exactly the same number of each. In fact for everything Ailill had, Maeve had one as well. “Haha” cried Ailill “Bulls””I beg your pardon” replied his wife #CattleRaid
“Bulls, Maeve, I have the fabulous white bull of Connaught, remember the one you used to own but he refused to be led by a woman”. Maeve did indeed remember the misogynist bovine and had to admit she had no matching bull. She was furious #CattleRaid
I’m leaving Meave’s fort now. I managed to get the drone up, despite the wind. I’ll post some good aerial photos later. Join me again at 9 to find Meave’s response to her husbands bull and the lack of one of her own #CattleRaid
