Jennie Finch on the seafront at Saltburn.
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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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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