One of my Christmas presents from Lucy and Jono was a voucher for a seaweed bath at Eros Spa in the Yeats Country Hotel. I love going for a bit of relaxation and things have been pretty hectic recently with one thing and another so I took a day out for myself. Yeats Country Hotel... Continue Reading →
Coffee, Cakes and Community Spirit
Back in February I saw a sign in the local shop asking if anyone was interested in a community cafe. A meeting was arranged and I went along, I was surprised at the amount of people who came along to the meeting and how enthusiastic everyone was. Joe told us his vision of a community... Continue Reading →
Sing Street at the Omniplex Sligo
This week Lucy and I went to see Sing Street. I'd heard and read a lot of good things about it and as it's set in the 80's (my era) I was looking forward to it. You know when you hear of a 'feel good movie'? Well Sing Street definitely fits that category. I loved... Continue Reading →
A Trip around Tubbercurry
Last weekend I went for a little explore and ended up in Tubbercurry. First stop was the old railway line, it's now fenced off so I couldn't get to walk along it but I managed to get this pic above through the fence. It would be great to see it open again and the Sligo... Continue Reading →
Easter Saturday in Galway
I headed over to Galway yesterday to check out the Galway Food Festival. I'm a big 'foodie' so when I saw the festival was on I just had to go for a look. The weather was fine when I left Sligo but shortly after I arrived in Galway the heavens opened. I almost ended... Continue Reading →
Good Friday in Sligo
Today was the annual Good Friday Clean-up with Sligo Tidy Towns. It was great to see so many volunteers of all ages turn up to lend a hand, especially as it was a cold, blustery day. We went around the town for two hours collecting all kinds of rubbish, mainly cigarette ends (put them in... Continue Reading →