09 Wednesday Jan 2013
Well the mild weather seems to have gone and we are back to the cold. This morning was frosty and very foggy…I’ll never understand the people that drive without lights.
I do like this kind of weather though, it makes for interesting photos. The top one is Doorly Park in Sligo. Underneath is the gatehouse to Markree Castle, Collooney.
This is Globe House with a misty sun above it. It’s a shame we can’t have the mild weather along with the fog 
24 Saturday Nov 2012
Well this was what we woke up to this morning. Fog and frost. Winter is certainly setting in. It didn’t really clear much all day.
The sky was beautiful this evening though. I was driving so missed taking photos of most of it. I did pull over near Lough Gill to take the one below though.
10 Wednesday Oct 2012
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doorly park, fog, ireland, lough gill, mist, photography, photos, sligo, weather
We had quite a heavy frost yesterday morning…so bad I had to dig out the de-icer for the car (I think it’s a bit too soon for that!) It was a misty morning but it did make for some great photo opportunities.
The photos were taken in Doorly Park at Lough Gill. It’s so easy to see where W. B. Yeats got some of his inspiration from.
I’m very lucky to live in such a beautiful part of the world.
As the day progressed the fog lifted and we had a beautiful sunny day…better late than never after our disastrous summer.
04 Thursday Oct 2012
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autumn, boats, doorly park, fall, fog, foggy, photography, photos, weather
A few photos taken over the last couple of mornings. We really have had four seasons in one day. It’s gone from being sunny one minute to heavy rain and hailstones the next.
I really need a new coat as well after finding out my ‘waterproof’ coat isn’t the slightest bit waterproof. I had a look around the charity shops in town for a new coat but didn’t find anything so I went to an ‘outdoor’ shop in the town and they wanted 100 euro and upwards for a coat! I’ll just have to get drenched for a bit longer.
It’s my own fault as it was lovely and sunny as you can see in the photos when I started walking around Doorly Park but quickly changed on my walk back. I must remember my umbrella in future.
This morning started off very cold and foggy. I only had the phone with me so just got the photos below. I like the fog, I think it’s very atmospheric.
The ‘blob’ is in fact the moon but without the camera zoom it just looks like a blob.
This house really reminds me of Father Ted’s house in Craggy Island….I can almost hear Mrs. Doyle ‘Go wan, go wan, go wan’.
06 Monday Feb 2012
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doorly park, fog, garavogue, ireland, Irish, lough gill, mist, misty, photography, photos, reflections, scenery, sligo, water, weather
We have had fairly mild weather here in Sligo over the last few days. Today was very misty and foggy though. I spotted the scene above after dropping the kids off to their courses and on the way to my mums. I had to pull over to take a few photos.
These photos were taken at Doorly Park, Sligo, Ireland.
The photo above is looking towards Sligo town down the Garavogue River. The church is Calry Parish Church.
The boats add a nice bit of colour to the shot above.
23 Saturday Jan 2010
Posted in Diary
Andy has been feeling rough today. He’s got a bad chest now…..maybe it will take his mind off his back. So he spent the day in bed.
I had to go into town to leave Lucys school trousers into The Quayside to be taken up as they are a mile too long for her. I took mum and the kids in as well.
Mum was delighted to get out as it’s the first time she’s been in Sligo since way before Christmas. She kept saying ‘Oh it’s great to be out’, followed by ‘It’s bloody freezing’ which it was. We had fog all day which just didn’t lift.
Lucy went off to meet her friends for shopping and the cinema. Jono and I went around Tesco. There was a girl playing pop songs on her mobile phone going around the shop and singing really loudly. Jono walked passed her and said ‘It’s a no from me!’ lol.
Shopping wasn’t too bad apart from the crowded aisles and a low flying pigeon!
We came home and then I had to go back in at 6.30pm to collect Lucy. It was very hard to see though with the fog. Most of the roads don’t have lights or road markings so it makes things very difficult. I’m glad to be home.
28 Saturday Nov 2009
Posted in Days out
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I took Lucy to Dublin yesterday to see Little Boots in concert. She was brilliant (I’ll do a blog about that tomorrow).
Jono was meant to be coming as well, but his back is too bad to stand for any length of time. So he stayed with Andy.
We went on the train and because of the floods the train line between Carrick on Shannon and Longford is under between 3-5 feet of water. So we had to get a bus from Carrick to Longford and the same on the way back. So it took around 4 hours each way Sligo-Dublin instead of the usual 3.
This photo is of Carrick on Shannon, it’s hard to see the floods because of the fog. The yellow building you can see a tiny bit of is the Landmark Hotel.
The main N4 road towards Tesco and the retail park is completely flooded so there is a detour up through the town of Carrick on Shannon and down by the MBNA building. There were big tailbacks of traffic and the bus driver was telling us that the traffic was so bad the other day it took almost two hours for him to get from Carrick on Shannon to Longford.
I have to share this link of photos of the floods….some amazing photos there.
So if you are travelling in that direction be prepared for delays.
Thanks so much for the good wishes for C. So far so good.
