Lucy is 16 today! She went out with her friends on Saturday to Carrick-on-Shannon. They went bowling and to the cinema. She is a big Harry Potter fan hence the cake which I made. It took me three attempts to do the Deathly Hallows logo and then horror of horrors Harry Potter fell on the... Continue Reading →
St. George’s Heritage and Visitor Centre
St.George's Heritage & Visitor Centre, Carrick-on-Shannon, was officially launched early 2008, which includes audio/visual functions in the centre adjacent to the church. The restored church, houses a well researched and exciting historical display of artefacts and interpretive material depicting the twin traditions of Leitrim from ancient Gaelic roots through Plantation times up to Leitrim's contribution... Continue Reading →
Stormy Strandhill
We had a stormy day today, not as bad as we were expecting but very blustery. I went down to Strandhill after I dropped Jono at his course. I was kind of hoping the waves might be better but it wasn't to be. The sand was blowing off the dunes though. I had a nice... Continue Reading →
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Some old photos for this blog that were taken at my 'Breakfast at the zoo' trip last year. It was a miserable day in Sligo (here I go again with the weather!) Anyway Jono won two cinema tickets from the Gaiety Cinema yesterday. So he and Lucy wanted to see Rise of the planet of... 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 →
Christmas and croissants
Tesco in Sligo already have Christmas stock on display....and there isn't a sign of Halloween yet 😦 Is it just me that thinks September is way too early to be selling selection boxes? Then to add insult to injury on the next shelf are Easter bunnies.....Tesco have gone mad! Today was a big day for... Continue Reading →
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