I’m a big fan of Honestly Kitchen; I’ve visited both the Carrick one and the Strandhill one many times. You can read about lunch at the Carrick on Shannon one here. I’m always up and out bright and early, so I was delighted to hear about the new opening hours in Carrick on Shannon. The... Continue Reading →
48 Hours in Birmingham – Trains, Planes, Greggs and Catacombs
Me and Jono spent the weekend in Birmingham, we were there for the Model World Show, and I managed to do a little bit of sightseeing while we were there too, so I thought I’d write a blog post to tell you all about it. Firstly, we flew from Ireland West, I love this airport... Continue Reading →
Model World LIVE 2025
We are just back from a flying visit to Birmingham, it was to visit Model World, as Jono is a fan of model railways. I’ll tell you more about the rest of the trip in another blog post, but this is just to cover the exhibition. It was on both Saturday and Sunday, we bought... Continue Reading →
Sunday Thoughts
A quick blog post today, as I sit waiting for a flight back to Ireland. We took a quick trip to Birmingham for the Model World event at the NEC. It's Jono's first trip since 2018, and it's been a great experience. Ireland West airport is great to fly from. I'll tell you more about... Continue Reading →
Lough Talt Loop Walk
I had a bit of time on Friday morning, and I was awake early, so I thought I’d do the Lough Talt Loop Walk. I’ve wanted to do it since the walk got extended, meaning that you didn’t have to walk along the main road anymore. It was a while since I read about it,... Continue Reading →
Sunday Thoughts
Here we are again, another Sunday, we are back to the grey skies, and a little bit of rain, but wow what a stunning couple of weeks we’ve had. Blue skies and sunshine, and it was wonderful! What wasn’t so wonderful was that I had a cold for most of last week, so I wasn’t... Continue Reading →