Coming Home

Following on my the reason I went to Galway blog and the journey to Galway blog here's the returning home blog 😉 It was one of the most awful days weather wise - the winds made Storm Rachel look like a breeze. In my wisdom I decided to drive home through Connemara (as only I... Continue Reading →

Skating and Squirrels

This morning started off very icy. It was so bad that when I 'walked' Rocket-dog we ended up re-enacting Ravel's Bolero. I did such a great triple salco I'm thinking of embellishing my reflective jacket with sequins so I can really look the part! I think the village people will love it. (Village people as... Continue Reading →

Going to Galway

If you read my blog regularly you'll know I had to go to Galway for a hospital appointment last week. The weather is always a bit dodgy this time of year and my appointment was for 8.30am so I found a cheap B and B and went up the night before. On the way I... Continue Reading →

Snow Day

I was in bed this morning listening out for traffic. Usually there is a fair amount of traffic on the road outside our house, this morning I counted two cars. So I dragged myself to the window and sure enough there was fairly deep snow (well for Sligo anyway) so I declared it a snow... Continue Reading →

The first snow of 2015

This morning we woke up to snow in Sligo. I took the first photo on my phone in the back garden - the little white speck is the moon. The next two photos are also taken with the phone. Above is the Garavogue River opposite the council offices. I love the sky in this, a... Continue Reading →

Mooching Around Mayo

Last week Lucy and I went over to Ballina for the afternoon. Lucy really wanted to go to the Penneys there which is a fantastic two-story shop and so much better than the Sligo one. As for me I don't 'do shopping' or when I do I complain about it so I dropped Lucy off... Continue Reading →

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