Snow Days in Sligo

It seems like we are promised snow every week during the winter. I'd actually got to the point where I didn't believe the reports. They were right on this occasion, and we woke up on Wednesday morning to a winter wonderland yesterday. It snowed steadily during the day, and it was fairly deep (for Sligo)... Continue Reading →

Sunday Thoughts

It's the first Sunday of 2024, and so it's the first Sunday Thoughts post of the year. Happy New Year to all of you, I just had a look at the blog stats for 2023, and it had over 107,000 views, which is the highest number since the blog began! Thanks to all of you... Continue Reading →

A break from the Cabin Fever

It would seem that Storm Emma or whatever her name is has decided to go elsewhere. I finally left the house in the car yesterday for the first time since Wednesday. We were running out of things and I wanted to have a little explore. I ended up at Glencar, firstly for a walk up... Continue Reading →

Frozen

We've had a couple of icy mornings in Sligo so I've been messing about taking photos....nothing to do with the Frozen film in case you were wondering from the title 😉 Anyway the first two are fairly self explanatory. There were icicles over the river, the photo isn't the best and it was so cold... Continue Reading →

Samhain Sunrise at Carrowmore

I must have taken leave of my senses this morning when I got up at 6am to head to Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery to see the sunrise.  It was part of the Sligo Samhain Festival and there was a great turn out for the event, we got to hear all about Carrowmore and even got a... Continue Reading →

Foggy and frosty Saturday

Well this was what we woke up to this morning. Fog and frost. Winter is certainly setting in. It didn't really clear much all day. The sky was beautiful this evening though. I was driving so missed taking photos of most of it. I did pull over near Lough Gill to take the one below... Continue Reading →

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