I think it is obvious that life here in Ireland is very different from life in the UK. Whilst some things stay the same – lots of (almost) familiar forms, daylight saving time, TV licences – the basic structure is very different. For the first time we are personally responsible for most of our services. […]
About Me
Jennie Finch on the seafront at Saltburn.
The Moth Man
The Drowners
The death of the Elver Man
All posts for the month November, 2021
This week, a very rubbish post
Posted by Jennie Finch on November 28, 2021
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Living in “The Wind in the Willows”
“The Wind in the Willows” was one of my favourite childhood books and now we seem to be living in it. This week has seen radical changes in the land around the house. Fergus the tree surgeon arrived on Wednesday with some frightening machinery and along with Tom and Robbie set to, making the road […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on November 21, 2021
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This weekend we got hopelessly lost
First an explanation into why I am a day late with this week’s blog. We went to get another vital part of the grooming room and got hopelessly lost. We headed into County Cork using the main roads but around one town there were diversions and road works. Anxious to avoid a trip into Cork […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on November 15, 2021
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What a difference a day makes – and two lovely men.
We are slowly chipping away at all the stuff that needs doing and are surprised at the end of each week at how much we have managed to do. This week we had some help, in the form of Will and Anthony, two of Derek Madden’s “Merry Men”. They were the crew who helped us […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on November 7, 2021
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