The folks of Easkey have been busy this week with their Annual Scarecrow Festival. It's really worth a visit, their is so much work that goes into the scarecrows and of course Easkey is a beautiful place to visit anyway...do check out the coast road and Easkey Castle too. Willy Wonka was in pride of... Continue Reading →
Ireland’s Pet Expo 2016
After trying for the last few weeks to win tickets to the Pet Expo at the RDS Dublin I finally won them from WoofAdvisor - a great site for planning holidays with your pooch. So today I had a lovely day out in Dublin. When I went to take out my camera I realised I'd... Continue Reading →
Two Events of Interest this Weekend
There are two events that I would have loved to have attended this weekend so I thought they might be of interest to my readers. I tried to win tickets for both and failed so I'll watch both online 🙂 The first is Pet Expo Ireland which sounds brilliant for all animal lovers. There are... Continue Reading →
Looking down or looking up?
I'm having one of those self-doubting moments. Well it's been like that for a while now. My confidence seems to have gone completely. I hate feeling like this and I'm not sure what to do to get it back. I'm not taking as many photos as usual. I feel like I haven't taken a 'wow'... Continue Reading →
The Dublin Riviera
Jono and I are both fans of trains so when we found out a steam train was running from Dublin to Wicklow we jumped at the chance to go on it. What a fantastic day it was. We got to travel from Dublin Connolly to Greystones on the K2 Class 2-6-0 No 461. The sun shone and... Continue Reading →
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside!
Yesterday afternoon we were all sitting around the house. I was contemplating tackling the washing mountain, when Andy suggested we go to the beach. Tough call - the washing mountain or the seaside? The seaside won! We headed to Strandhill which is about a 15 minute drive from home. We are so lucky because we... Continue Reading →