What a weekend we’ve had, celebrating the wedding of my beautiful daughter Lucy and her new husband and our son-in-law Laurence. Today is the first day that I’m starting to feel somewhat like myself. It was an absolute rollercoaster of emotions, and the day was just perfect in every way. The wedding was in the... Continue Reading →
Tantalising Tapas in Stoked, Strandhill, Sligo
I have so many blogs to catch up on, and so many things to tell you all about. If you follow me on social media, you’ll know that my daughter Lucy is getting married soon. I had a few different treats lined up for her as a ‘mini mother and daughter hen’, and a visit... Continue Reading →
Saturday Morning at the Boyle Arts Festival
I love the Boyle Arts Festival, and I try to visit every year. I usually only just get to the art exhibitions, but that's good enough for me. Although I would have loved the bubble show! That's the child in me! Anyway, off I went bright and early on Saturday morning, and started my day... Continue Reading →
Sunday Thoughts
It’s that time of the week for Sunday Thoughts, and what a scorcher of a week we’ve had in Sligo, well certainly over the last few days. I can’t remember when it was this hot before, there is thunder and heavy rain promised later today, but I’ve made the most if it and washed everything... Continue Reading →
Monday Miscellany
I didn’t get a chance to write a Sunday Thoughts blog post yesterday, so you’ve got a Monday Miscellany post instead! I’m way behind in blog posts, and I will get to them eventually, but for now I’ll just do a roundup of last week. There was a little bit of everything; the kind of... Continue Reading →
Things to Do in Sligo: Walks, Markets, Culture and More
I'm always asked for suggestions of things to see and do in Sligo, so I thought I'd write a blog post of some of my suggestions. I've written a Sligo Guide of Things to do with Kids here. This is just a guide and bear in mind that it was written as a summer post,... Continue Reading →