Some notes on Ireland
As some of you know, my family are fortunate enough to own a farmhouse in Cork, Ireland, and lucky enough to be able to use it as a holiday home since we all live in England now. This weekend, James and I took Clancy and Gareth over for a long weekend of drinks, walks and more drinks; with a spot of sightseeing thrown in for good measure too. Some brief notes on the weekend:
- No matter how many times we say it, whenever the four of us get together we will always get carried away on the first night and spend the next three days wishing we had more sense than drinking ourselves stupid right away;
- It doesn’t matter how many times I go there, I love the Mizen Head. It’s also quite lovely to do the same things over and over again with different people: there’s always something new to do;
- You learn some interesting facts sitting in an Irish pub garden at 10pm. Irish pensioners get three free viagra a month;
- Doomsday is entertaining, but ultimately, gory rubbish. It’s like eight different films thrown together, and the main character from each one meets a gory, bloodthirsty end;
- There is nothing that will make you shit your pants quite like stroking a donkey at 1am on your walk home in the dark, then hearing it braying in alarm 5 minutes after you walked away from it;
- I don’t want to go back to work. I’m far too chilled out to go back into the week from hell. Turns out you can live without mobile phones and internet after all;
- And finally, I’m going to miss my friends terribly when we move down under. I thought I would be stoic about it but this weekend has made me see that even if I hold it together through the leaving party, I’m going to be a dreadful mess on the flight out. Dreadful.
Enjoy the photos - it really is the most beautiful place - forget your day for a moment, and enjoy some vicarious chill-out time.
September 22nd, 2008 at 5:02 am
Excellent photos. We are supposed to be going over in the summer - it looks beautiful from the snaps you took.
The OAPs and the Viagra though - it give too much meaning as to why mu in laws keep nipping back over on a regular basis!!
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:14 am
I forgot how beautiful it is there. I’m glad you all had fun xxx
September 22nd, 2008 at 2:06 pm
“You learn some interesting facts sitting in an Irish pub garden at 10pm. Irish pensioners get three free viagra a month”
– Is that to keep them happy? ;o)
September 24th, 2008 at 3:49 am
I’m not seeing the photos. Are they missing or have I been choking chicken too much*?
I’ve always wanted to see Ireland. MyGuy and I are talking about it for our next overseas trip.
*=Because it makes you go blind. Get it?
September 24th, 2008 at 9:08 am
The viagra is an odd thing, mumof4 and Rocket. Three a month is hardly enough to keep a smile on your face, is it? Keeps the wolf from the door though, perhaps.
Kara, I forgot to get photos of the new kitchen like you asked, but it is 1000 times better than the old one. You actually want to spend time in this one!
Brian, interesting mental image you left me with there. Courage, mon brave: your onanism hasn’t done you in yet. There’s a problem with Cooliris and they are having a look to clear it up for me (which is why I left it up). In the meantime, I put the link to the photos back in the post, and here, just for you.
October 4th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Loved the photos, looked like you had a great time too.
The quality (sharpness, colour, depth of field) of the pics was really noticeable, reminding me of why DSLRs are so much better than point and shoots!!