Category: Holidays

  • Goodbye Killarney

    Well we discovered that Killarney is a night owl sort of place as the buses do not start departing until 10.00am. Our flight home leaves Shannon on Thursday morning at 10.40am, so I capitulated to Irish time and custom and booked us a room at the Park Inn at Shannon Airport for Wednesday night. We…

  • Birthday trip to Killarney – 15 July 2019

    Birthday trip to Killarney – 15 July 2019

    I came to Killarney a few years ago with Judith and my sisters. Our one regret was not getting to see the Ring of Kerry. So I decided to make a quick journey back to take a bus tour round the Ring – it is a 180 mile circular journey. That is tomorrow’s treat. Today…

  • I am not a Weaver

    I am not a Weaver

    A few months ago a member of the Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers was looking for a member or friend to travel with her to Farfield Mill in Sedbergh. She wanted to support the mill by joining a workshop on Weaving a Tartan. As the blurb about the course reassuringly that it was suitable…