Today I went back to re-visit Eagles Flying in Ballymote, Co. Sligo. It's one of my favourite places to visit. There are some many wonderful birds and animals there and the people who run it are so knowledgable about them all. It's hard to know which photos to use for the blog. I always take... Continue Reading →
Ancient Ireland Theme Park
We were driving to Banada on Sunday for a car boot sale (which I'll blog about later) and we spotted this 'Ancient Ireland Theme Park'! I didn't even know there was one in Sligo. So of course we had to stop and have a look....it was like a mini Stonehenge 😉 I wouldn't call it... Continue Reading →
The Donkey Sanctuary
Today I went to visit the Sathya Sai Sanctuary. It's in Castlebaldwin, Co. Sligo just beside the Carrowkeel Megalithic Tombs. Sue Paling runs the sanctuary and is doing wonderful work for the donkeys and ponies in her care. She is a lovely lady and explains all about the animals and their stories. Some have been... Continue Reading →
Down at Doorly Park
In between collecting jumble today for our jumble sale (on June 23rd) I had a few minutes to spare so I went down to the outdoor gym in Doorly Park. It's a great place and it's free 🙂 I got distracted though by the bees. There are so many lovely colourful flowers and they were... Continue Reading →
Yeats Day 2012
It was a big day in Sligo yesterday for Yeats Day 2012. O'Connell Street was closed to traffic and the street came alive with the sights and sounds of W. B. Yeats and his poems. Pollexfen House which belonged to W. B. Yeats Grandfather was open to the public and was showing a film about... Continue Reading →
What happened to Summer!?
Well I don't know what happened to our Summer, but if anyone finds it can you send it back please? It's been raining for well over 24 hours now. Lucy had to be in work experience today but the road we usually take to go into Sligo was impassable (it's since been closed) so we... Continue Reading →
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