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\"\"<\/a>Hiya! It’s been a few days – it’s not that I’m ignoring you, but I was away at a retreat in exotic Ballybofey…<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Every 2 years Bishop Miller (who you might remember from such TV shows as Mission Titanic<\/em>) takes all of us minster-types away for a few days to recharge, listen to some great teaching, eat some great food and enjoy some great company. \u00a0(I have a hard life).<\/p>\n

It’s a great idea and heartily recommended – it’s easy to get caught up in the relentless momentum of everyday life, and occasional ‘sabbaths’ from the madness can be hugely healthy for body and soul.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>But just so you know I didn’t forget you entirely, I did take a snap of a brand-new cafe concept we found in McIlhenny’s department store in Ballybofey (click the pic to see the full picture) – they’re obviously into their coffee-shop-fusion concepts in a big way Out West… \u00a0Would it catch on in Belfast?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hiya! It’s been a few days – it’s not that I’m ignoring you, but I was away at a retreat in exotic Ballybofey… Every 2 years Bishop Miller (who you might remember from such TV shows as Mission Titanic) takes all of us minster-types away for a few days to recharge, listen to some great … Continue reading The Baffling Bistros of Ballybofey<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chris-blog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Baffling Bistros of Ballybofey - The DOCK - Life in the Titanic Quarter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/2012\/the-baffling-bistros-of-ballybofey\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Baffling Bistros of Ballybofey - The DOCK - Life in the Titanic Quarter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hiya! 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