Jennie Finch on the seafront at Saltburn.
Summer has always brought “plagues” to most places and Tipperary is no different. Many of these are due to moving into a house that has always been a rental property. With the really big plague – Covid – still circulating the rental market has collapsed. This brought our house onto the market (definitely not a […]
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/a-summer-of-plagues-in-tipperary/
With thanks to WS Gilbert for the title In the UK everyone talks about the weather. It’s a national pastime and one we came to expect and accept. It seems it is the same in Ireland. One important difference here is you cannot go into a shop, pick up a paper, put the money down […]
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/yes-yes-lets-talk-about-the-weather/
We were under lock down almost as soon as we arrived and it would have been easy to feel isolated, especially so far out in the countryside. In fact the wide open spaces proved to keep us rather busy. A combination of warm weather in March and the (in)famous rain led to an explosion in […]
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/lock-down-life-and-unwelcome-residents/
I said a few posts ago the house seemed a long way out in the country and it is. This has some very good things. There are no noisy neighbours, for example apart from occasional tractors hurrying past and the cows in the evening. We have no problem parking as there’s a large gravel forecourt. […]
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/strange-infrastructure-way-out-in-the-country/
