I went along to the Riverside Hotel today to see their Christmas market. I also got to see Santa and Mrs. Claus. The highlight for me was getting kissed by this alpaca! It came marching over to me and kissed me on the nose! Such a lovely, friendly animal. There were a lot of other... Continue Reading →
A Day in Dublin in December
Last weekend Jono and I went to Dublin for the day. Unfortunately we picked one of the worst  days to go due to Storm Desmond. It wasn't too bad when we left on the train and Dublin was fine but there's a story about the way back (of course there is!) Anyway Jono had a... Continue Reading →
A November Day in Dublin
Yesterday I headed up to Dublin for the day to check out the Bite Food Festival. As I usually do when I'm going anywhere I woke up at 4am - which was daft as the first train didn't leave Sligo until 7am. The dogs were not impressed with such an early start to the day... Continue Reading →
Sales and Sunsets
Yesterday Lucy and I went into town. She wanted to check out the sales and spend the vouchers she got for Christmas. I'd run out of bread and milk 😉 Anyway Sligo was packed! The queue in Penneys was almost back to the door and a lot of the shelves in other shops were empty.... Continue Reading →
How to Wrestle a Polar Bear
On the last Saturday before Christmas I escaped the hustle and bustle of all the last-minute shoppers and headed down to the The Factory performance space here in Sligo to hear the great explorer Thaddeus M. Whimsicleese (Bob Kelly) tell us all about his adventures. As I walked through the door I was transported to... Continue Reading →
Dublin at Christmas
On Sunday we went up to Dublin for the day for the Christmas market and the Geansai Nollag World Record Attempt. For those of you not in the know a Geansai Nollag is a Christmas jumper 😉 It was a quite eventful trip, three old ladies opposite us on the train almost had a punch... Continue Reading →
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