The calm before the storm

I'm sure quite a lot of my blogs seem to be about the weather! The photo was taken on a rare sunny day last month. apparently we are meant to be having a storm tomorrow and Monday. There are more details about it on the Irish Weather Online page. I also read an article in... Continue Reading →

Castles and Competitions

It's been an eventful day! I took my mum and Jono to Enniskillen today. For a change we went via Belleek instead of the usual Glencar way. It really was the arse end of beyond though! I got stuck in traffic and ended up on the Belfast Road with nowhere to turn around, I was... Continue Reading →

Dublin – September, 2011

If you read my blog last week you'll see I cancelled The Gresham Hotel (due to being ripped off) and booked Wynn's Hotel instead. The rooms are pretty basic and fairly small (and our one smelt of stale smoke) but the staff were so friendly and helpful. The bedroom carpet wasn't the cleanest either. Also... Continue Reading →

Glencar

After we went to Parkes Castle we carried on to Glencar which is also in County Leitrim (well half in Leitrim and half in Sligo), the waterfall part is in Leitrim though 😉 It is another beautiful scenic area and of all the places we took Andy's dad to this was his favourite place. It... Continue Reading →

Parkes Castle

One of the places we took Andy's dad to was Parkes Castle in County Leitrim. I haven't been for years but it's a lovely place and quite a reasonable price to get in. There are guided tours at no extra cost and they are really interesting and informative. We heard all about the families that... Continue Reading →

Fun at the seaside

As Lucy goes back to school next week we went to Bundoran for the day. Lucy and her friend went to Waterworld which is a great swimming pool with slides, a wave machine and a whirlpool. We thought it might be a bit much for Jono's back so we went bowling. We also had fun... Continue Reading →

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