No Beaujolais or Scotch

Entrants to the Forty Foot are only allowed bring in the real thing. None of those French plonks or Scottish hooches. Bushmills 40 percent Proof Irish Whiskey (some spell it Whisky) . A swig after every dive, and one for the road when you get dressed. Raheny said he was going to share it with me but that Mrs Raheny had put the glasses in the dishwasher. He said he was very sorry. I have a feeling that he might struggle to get past a lie detector test.

The official counter up on the rocks behind told me that he had taken an extra two swigs when I was distracted.