I was too early for Beltra market this morning so I headed down to Portavade beach (which is on the same road as Dunmoran). It was lovely with the sun shining and when I got out of the car I was delighted to see a seal. I spent about ten minutes waiting to see if... Continue Reading →
Jesus Christ Superstar, burgers and the basin
That's possibly one of the longest blog titles I've ever used! Last week we went to see Jesus Christ Superstar at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre in Dublin. I saw the Sligo Fun Company perform this show 6 times...so you could say I'm slightly obsessed. To be honest though I was disappointed - the sound... Continue Reading →
Trumpets and Knickers
Yes I know it's an odd blog title...but it's to do with the Spike Sligo stories I'm working on. All will be revealed when the time comes 😉 The good people of twitter must think I'm going slightly mad with my talk of trumpets and knickers.It's been really interesting though, Spike Milligan was a real... Continue Reading →
TV and toenails
It's been a very busy week. I haven't had time to bless my self, as my granny would have said (not that I ever do bless myself but you get the idea). We had a few days of ice/snow/sleet/hail. The usual Irish four seasons in one day weather but the photo above came out of... Continue Reading →
Storms and shoes
After the snow yesterday we had the storm today (and last night). Storm Rachel battered Ireland, although to be quite honest it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be - although I'm told I slept through most of it! We managed to survive the storm, the same can't be said for... Continue Reading →
Back to reality
Well yesterday Lucy went back to work so it was back to the old routine. I've really enjoyed the two weeks at home and it's been very difficult getting up early in the morning these last two days plus my sleep pattern has gone haywire and I'm not sleeping well at all. Hopefully I'll settle... Continue Reading →