Sligo Tidy Towns are running a great photo competition. It's your chance to show 'My Sligo'. What does Sligo mean to you? If it's a lake, sunset, forest, beach, people, animals, night life, food, whatever it is, take a photo and enter it for the competition. I'm judging (eek so no pressure), which also means... Continue Reading →
Sligo Sunsets
We've had a lovely few days here in Sligo, it certainly made a change from all the rain we had when we were in Manchester. I've wanted to get a photo of Benbulben with a sunset for years and I managed to get this photo last night. This was Knocknarea last night. We are so... Continue Reading →
Back to the 1940s
Over the weekend I went to Manchester with Jono. I will do a proper blog about that later but when I was looking at the Manchester Facebook page someone had suggested that visitors might like to check out the 1940s weekend at the East Lancashire Railway. I'm a real train fan and when I found... Continue Reading →
Irish Food
So what do you think of when you think of Irish food? These days the food is fantastic and there are all kinds of foods on offer which is great. We really are spoilt for choice. Thinking back over the past though and especially when I used to visit my Nan in Galway it was... Continue Reading →
Magnum in Wolverhampton
I had a very short visit to the UK over the weekend to see Magnum playing at the Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton. For those of you who don't know I'm called Magnumlady after a rock band...and I'm still a groupie after 30 odd years of being a fan! The photo above was taken somewhere over Birmingham... Continue Reading →
Seatrails Discovery and Adventure Weekend
On Saturday I took part in a wonderful day with Seatrails. It was for part of their adventure weekend. We met at Streedagh Beach and one of the great things about Seatrails is that even if you go on your own (as I tend to do) there are always people to chat along to and... Continue Reading →