I spy with my little eye….. Can you tell what it is? Yes it’s a rail currently sitting 1 to 2 inches below te water level, with a train driver gingerly moving at 5 mile per hour, so the 25 … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2012
I was duly reminded by Mrs Fink that all the cool people celebrate Christmas in March (from our joint newly created tradition in 2012). So yey we have the rehearsal on Dec 25th and then the real thing will be … Continue reading
Not bad for the tail end of summer, sat having lunch in a beer garden with the sun beating down as we chill for a few minutes before, deep intake of breath (drive 90 miles to the butchers, collect dry … Continue reading
So The Folks are off exploring the US, whilst we all try to make the most of the tail end of the ahem “British Summa”. So in celebration of all things colonial we decided to toast some Marshmellows on an … Continue reading
After a nice chilled out weekend, we decided the best way for Mr Fogg not to kill himself by falling out of the tree trying to cut branches off, is for Mrs Fogg to lasso the branches, pull them down … Continue reading
It’s a week short of 5 years to the day since we left the beautiful, peaceful village of Llangynog and the most wonderful house that was Tyddyn yr Helyg. On our last night in Llangynog (6th September 2007) we had … Continue reading
We have had such a good time in the land of the leprechauns that it was a struggle to leave The Folks this morning. However, what a week. Plenty of falling down water, a tour of Connemara and great food. … Continue reading
I’ll have a harf Lunch at the Kylemore Pass Hotel, before heading back to the folks with a lovelly cut of Sirloin, glazed chops and sausages, sounds distinctly like a BBQ to me. Yum. Nice Head here. [geo_mashup_save_location lat=”53.5644″ lng=”-9.8342″] … Continue reading
Sleep,eat, sleep, oh and did we mention eat? No further than 30 mins from Clifden and we stopped at the very wet Connemara Visitor Centre for the 2.5 mins it takes to walk around it. Having worked up an appetite … Continue reading
After a nice day out and a lovely meal we sat in the conservatory area watching the bad weather hammer the windows, playing scrabble and whooping Mrs Fogg, when into reception comes something worse than a loud American, yes you … Continue reading