Jennie Finch on the seafront at Saltburn.
Today, April 16th 2023, is a beautiful day after several weeks of rain, cloudy skies and strong winds. It is also exactly forty years since Jacqui and I met, in a discotheque in east London. Yes, I really am that old, and who goes to a disco now? Or even calls them that? Forty years […]
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This has been a rather odd few weeks with some fairly frantic activity mixed with slow periods of waiting, perfect for reflecting on life. Sometimes the delays in events can be infuriating and I have to speak sternly to myself. Life is generally lived at a slower pace here in Tipperary and there is a […]
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We have spent a lot of the last few weeks watching and waiting for things to happen, or change. No sooner had I posted the last blog than the (hopefully) last of the winter storms swept through Ireland. It is generally much milder here than in northern England but we woke to snow – real […]
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Hooray – February is finally over! Universally loathed as a “beastly month”, the arrival of March suggests Spring is just around the corner. We will be very happy to see that as at present we have almost ground to a standstill on some important jobs. The most pressing is the roof to the kitchen. This […]
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I’ve been reminded these past weeks of one of those brilliant one-liners from a film. In the movie “Carrington”, the title character is warned against getting involved with the critic and writer Lytton Strachey. “Dora dearest, he’s a terrible old queen!” says a friend, in much less PC times. “Yes,” replies Carrington, “But there’s always […]
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The seasons are rolling around again and it is one day shy of our initial move into this little house. As we begin our third year here we can reflect on all we have done – and all that has happened. It seems fair to say there have been a few surprises along this journey. […]
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Well, January has certainly shown its teeth here in Ireland and I think the same – if not worse – in the UK. In the last few weeks we’ve had the big freeze, complete with frozen pipes and no water before Christmas. This was followed by some torrential rain and a leaky roof. In my […]
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It’s a bit late but may I wish you all a very Happy New Year. It is getting lighter now, slowly but surely. Soon there will be signs of spring and everything will start to grow again. We will get the hedge trimmed before that happens! We are past the worst of the cold spell […]
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It is Boxing Day in the UK and St Stephen’s Day here in Ireland and the first round of festivities is behind us. We had a lovely day – quiet, warm and very restful. This is mainly because we planned carefully and managed to get everything done early, something I can heartily recommend if you […]
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We are well into December now and winter has crept in with all its delightful little quirks. Here in Tipperary we are not immune to the cold – it has been very frosty with ice and freezing fog for most of the last week. We are, however, having a run of small celebrations. December means […]
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