Jennie Finch on the seafront at Saltburn.
Those of you who read the last blog will be aware we have some serious difficulties at the moment. The most pressing is the water situation, of which more later but, despite everything, we have made a breakthrough. When we moved in we had to use the big shed, christened the “Hotel Majestic” as storage. […]
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Well, it looks as if autumn is here despite the almost total lack of summer this year. We had some fine days though these seemed to coincide with doctor or other unmovable appointments, of course. Still, we are making some progress though it seems a bit slow going at the moment. Some of this is […]
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Pondering over the last month or so over last night’s dinner we both agreed we love our home. When we were first considering the move we had a short list of what we would like. A very short list actually. We wanted off road parking, one of the growing problems in Saltburn. In fact it […]
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Firstly I offer you my deep and profound apologies for the late posting. It’s just that we’ve had one heck of an August so far. August has always been a bit of a problematic month for us in Ireland. Regular readers may recall the plague of flies, repeated each year. The heat and dust from […]
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This has been a strange few weeks with a feeling nothing much has happened. Actually I think stuff has happened but it has been cold and very wet. This has kept us inside for a lot though it has been a busy time, doing the same stuff each day. It has been the most grey […]
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Just when you think things are settling down a bit something comes along to mess it up. And sometimes the first thing knocks up against something else – something more – and everything falls over. Just like a row of dominoes, one problem becomes a heap on the floor! Our main problem came about because […]
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These last few weeks have been a bit of a roller coaster here in rural Tipperary. The weather has been up, down and downright ludicrous, of course. This is Ireland and it’s to be expected. June was blazing hot at times until the sudden arrival of something approaching a tropical storm. Then the days darkened, […]
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This has been a very busy and rather tiring fortnight. We had planned to keep most of the first week free as we had booked a mini-digger but things didn’t quite work out as planned. The digger arrived along with a very patient and helpful man who showed us the basics. It was called a […]
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There is a popular misconception that it always rains in Ireland. Certainly there are some months of the year when this seems to be true. Days of overcast skies, drizzle or the occasional torrential downpour and endless mud can dampen the spirit. However it may rain most days in Ireland but not everywhere. An occasional […]
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This last fortnight there has been a sense of one door closing behind me. A lot of this has to do with writing as well as events in the UK leaving me with a feeling of – not helplessness but certainly being limited in what I can do. Several people we care about have suffered […]
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