Yesterday meself and himself were invited along to The Embassy Steakhouse in Sligo for an evening of music and food. We've never eaten there so were really looking forward to it and it was a lovely chance to get our gladrags on. When we arrived we were welcomed with a glass of Prosecco, it was... Continue Reading →
Falling for St. Patrick
Today, if you didn't know, is St. Patrick's Day. There's always big excitement around the parades and in the last two years I've been on the PR team of Sligo Tidy Towns. From January we've had weekly meetings planning this years float in the Sligo parade. This year was 'War on Waste'. We had 'toy'... Continue Reading →
Ballina and back
Yesterday I went to Ballina for the day. I had to go to a couple of shops there so I tied it in with a visit to Belleek Woods. It's a beautiful forest just outside Ballina town and along the banks of the River Moy. I was intending to look for squirrels but I'd timed... Continue Reading →
The Perfect Birthday
So another year came and went bringing with it more wrinkles and grey hair but never mind. I was meant to blog about it way before now but between running the Ireland Twitter account and life - and procrastinating I didn't get around to it. Lucy and I headed to Dublin for the day. The Perfect... Continue Reading →
I can see clearly now the rain has gone
After what seems like months of rain we have actually had some sunshine. It made such a nice change that I skipped the gym and went off exploring. I haven't done that in ages. I'm also testing out a Fuji S1 bridge camera, although it's weather proof I hadn't bothered shooting with it because of... Continue Reading →
From the Hawk’s Well to the Hawk’s Rock
Last night we went along to see 'Of Mice and Men' at the Hawk's Well Theatre, Sligo. It was a very moving performance - and would have been even more moving if people in the audience weren't laughing! They didn't seem to get the concept that Lenny was disabled! Even though the actor who played... Continue Reading →