Christmas Day

A Christmas hello from "Red" .

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


The beach at Derrynane.

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!

All Ready for Christmas

Louis is totally chuffed with his new, Christmas bow tie. Thanks George and Pauline xx

Killarney National Park

Killarney was looking beautiful yesterday, Louis chased the deer and we chatted to a local cyclist who runs the facebook page "Killarney National Park" if he didn't work for failte Ireland he should!

Kenmare Christmas Fayre

I would have taken my coat off....... but it was freezing!

SOLD SOLD SOLD

Pipe Dreams

Mary is really pleased with her new seat covers but I had to organise putting them on when her husband was out......... lighten up men of the world. My first full on piping and it took me ages, I had to pull an all nighter as I'd promised them by the end of the week. 1am sewing machine a little noisy, bare metal scraping and squeaking. 2am a bit of a re-oil. 3am dismantle sewing machine for thorough re-oilng. 4am reassembly to discover 3 spare screws and a weird washer...... oh dear. 5am..... working again....hurrah spare screws obviously not needed. 10am finish and fit. Beautiful day at Gleesk, sunshine and snow on the mountains.

Gleesk, Parknasilla and a possible Workshop

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Had a lovely hectic visit to Wales but was pleased to be back in Sneem with the boys. It turns out that my case full of bargain fabric was more expensive than the actual flight.... always wondered how budget airlines make a profit.....
We dodged the showers at Gleesk today, a beautiful bit of coastline about 5 miles away from Sneem. There are lots of abandoned properties for sale and last summer a dutch chap I spoke to saw 5 hump-back whales from just this spot. Couldn't resist another visit to Parknasilla, the bench shot looking out towards the bathing hut with the Beara Hills beyond. On our way back we saw two White Tailed Sea Eagles circling.... no pics though as they just looked like dirty smudges.
Also a photo of the turf cabin that will hopefully become my workshop for a short spell, giving Pete some peace to write!