Sue,

> For some odd reason, despite following the signs, I couldn't find it! drove round and round, and gave up in the end, frustrated... I wondered if the leprechauns had hidden it for the day... <

A clear case of the seachrán sidhe (spelling?), the fairy straying, when the people-whose-name-shouldn't-be-mentioned turn the road around. The standard remedy is to take off your coat or jacket and put it on inside out.

Richard