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We completed the Welsh leg of our mammoth journey last night, with a trip through Cardiff to Swansea. There BBC Newsline caught up with former Irish fitness coach Mick McGurn, who now works at the Ospreys. This is the first Six Nations Championship he'll miss in the last seven years, after working with the last coach Eddie O'Sullivan. You can watch our story with Mick as he talks about his job at the biggest club in Wales, and his hopes for Ireland in this campaign.

A five hour drive later, through the snow and over the Snowdonia mountain range, and we ended up in a special little place with a very big name! 58 letters to be exact.

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll Llantysiliogogogoch in North Wales has the longest train station name in the world. In English it translates as St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St Tysilio of the red cave.

I gave the English version a go live on the programme last night....you can check it out on our video story.

The village only recently got its own now website after restrictions on the number of characters for web addresses were lifted. Check it out at

Also thanks to the lovely ladies in the local fish and chip shop, who rustled up some quality food before we headed North. They even popped out for a quick photo!

I have also posted a full version of my interview with Warren Gatland: