Saturday, 10 March 2012

My New Workshop




The Workshop is quite a find...... really spacious and costing me the grand total of €1 per week. It's thanks to a local business man called Louis Moriarty. He owns the big, new Sneem Hotel and a I think was a champion cyclist in his younger days. The bird is the only other inhabitant at present although there is talk of a pastry chef and a computer geek moving in too.

Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Just Afters.......


Our First Visitors







It was fantastic to have Bek and Jen visit a couple of weekends ago. But it was too short and the weather was too wet! I think that they had a pretty good overview of Sneem though. We managed to dodge the showers with two lovely walks, one at Parknasilla and another on the beach at Derrynane NP. We also discovered a gorgeous pub for lunch "The Blind Piper" at Caherdaniel.


Two quite eventful evenings too. We started off Friday night in "O Shea's" with us girls a bit jaded and on the coffees. Then on the way home we thought we'd just pop in to "Riney's" (our regular haunt) for one before bed. Before we knew it true irish hospitality had kicked in. Every toothless male in the village descended to our table to interview the new girls in town........hilarious. Before the night was out me and Pete had the offer of about 3 parcels of dodgy land to look at, I had got a job patching up the local bus seats and Bek and Jen had the promise of a boat ride. Predictably........ none materialized...... well, the seats might!

Saturday night was a more subdued affair with all of the blow ins descending on "The Wrestlers" for Eva's (mad swedish artist) leaving party.

We were all a bit worn out with our drive to the airport Sunday morning.........a very sad goodbye!


Yes that really is an eagle


View of the Reeks from the east.


Bit dark in Pound Cottage. Tim resorts to a head torch.............

Sunday, 25 December 2011

Christmas Day




A Christmas hello from "Red" .

With Phillip absent from the palace, lord Louis thought he'd step in.


The beach at Derrynane.

Thursday, 22 December 2011

Lord Brandon's Cottage






We had a lovely drive through Black Valley yesterday. Inspiration for Pete's writing. Don't know who Lord Brandon was but he lived in a spectacular place...... I'm afraid my photos don't do it justice. We've been tipped off that it's an excellent place for Salmon and Trout too. The season starts at the end of January and you don't need a licence to fish for trout at all. The salmon licence will set you back just €50. Don't know how true this is but it seems amazing. It's also a hotspot to see the eagles but we weren't lucky today. There is a cafe open in the summer and they run boat trips across the lake to Killarney......can't wait!