Jennie Finch on the seafront at Saltburn.
I’m sorry this episode is a day late but I’ve had rather an interesting 24 hours. As most of you know we live deep in rural Ireland and that means we are surrounded by fields. This being Ireland thas also means we are surrounded by cows. Lots of cows. Last night not long after midnight […]
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It may be an arbitrary date, dividing one year from another, but the New Year is always a good time to remember and reflect. Despite this supposedly being a quiet time of life this last year has been very busy and a bit of a rollercoaster. Rounding up 2024 in 1,000 words is a rather […]
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Met Eireann, the Irish weather centre, is warning of “an arctic front” in the next few days. This will be centred on the north and west but may move south too. Now, we are somewhat ambiguous here as we are in the midlands, more south than north and both west and east by different reckoning. […]
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Well, it’s April still, just, and the weather is a bit better at last. It has finally shifted from relentless rain to “changeable”. There were even a few wonderful days of bright, warm sun – a most welcome development. The expected spring growth spurt has been delayed this year, which is certainly a blessing. The […]
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Despite the continuing atrocious weather a lot of these last few weeks have been spent outdoors. Firstly, we needed to do something about the wood pile. It’s a blessing in these cold winter months but it needs careful handling. Originally almost ten feet high and about six feet deep, we’ve burrowed into it for the […]
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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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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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Firstly apologies for the late blog entry. This was due to another spell of drain trouble – “second verse, same as the first”. The fatberg broke down a little when I was removing it and some got washed back into the kitchen outlet. This meant all the washing up water flooded over the back patio, […]
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Life is a series of ups and downs and the best we can hope for is it evens out in the end. Take this last week for example. A lot has been going on and there were mixed results. Some we won, some we lost and at least one outcome managed to be both at […]
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/sometimes-you-win-sometimes-you-lose/
Having come from the North East of England we are used to relatively short summers but autumn seems to come early in Ireland. After the blazing, uncomfortably hot days in the middle of summer it turned cooler. This was most welcome, to be honest. We were not properly set up for extreme weather and spent […]
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