In the UK there is, in some circles, the idea that Ireland is just “England with a funny accent”. Let me disabuse any reader of this idea. It is a very different country, though the accent can take a while to get used to. There is the weather, of course, though this is not as […]
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Adjusting to a very different country
Posted by Jennie Finch on October 20, 2024
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Hunkering down ready for winter
It’s a few weeks away from the changing of the clocks and we are hunkering down ready for winter. Days are noticeably shorter, of course. The first storms are gearing up for some excitement to come and the first frosts have appeared in the morning. In a rural and relatively isolated house hunkering down involves […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on October 16, 2022
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