Me and Jono spent the weekend in Birmingham, we were there for the Model World Show, and I managed to do a little bit of sightseeing while we were there too, so I thought I’d write a blog post to tell you all about it. Firstly, we flew from Ireland West, I love this airport... Continue Reading →
Model World LIVE 2025
We are just back from a flying visit to Birmingham, it was to visit Model World, as Jono is a fan of model railways. I’ll tell you more about the rest of the trip in another blog post, but this is just to cover the exhibition. It was on both Saturday and Sunday, we bought... Continue Reading →
Sunday Thoughts
A quick blog post today, as I sit waiting for a flight back to Ireland. We took a quick trip to Birmingham for the Model World event at the NEC. It's Jono's first trip since 2018, and it's been a great experience. Ireland West airport is great to fly from. I'll tell you more about... Continue Reading →
The Mill Apartments Revisited – Again
It's over a year ago since I wrote this post about The Mill Apartments, Ballisodare, Sligo. Since then there was mention of the apartments on local media outlets, and there was metal sheeting put up to stop people getting in. This was my original post in 2011 - the apartments were derelict then, and had... Continue Reading →
Easy Cheesecake
This is probably the easiest and quickest cheesecake ever to make. Base: 200g Digestive Biscuits 100g Butter (Melted) Filling: 200g Cream Cheese (I've used Tesco, Lidl, Aldi and Philadelphia 75g Castor Sugar 250ml Cream A few drops Vanilla essence Handful of maltesers (or whatever you want to use) Recipe 1. For this you need an... Continue Reading →
Sunday Thoughts
Happy Sunday and Happy Easter to those of you who celebrate. It’s felt like a long week, but in another way, it feels short, there has been so much going on too, and a lot to think about. The beautiful sunny weather has left, and we are back to grey skies and there was heavy... Continue Reading →