I've spent the last week on holiday in the west of Ireland. Overseas travel this year is simply not an option, so we decided months ago that we'd have a family holiday together somewhere in Ireland instead. So we ended up renting a house in Kilkee. One of the main reasons I got the Weber Smokey Joe, aka "the baby Weber", was for travel. It's small enough that you can … [Read more...] about Taking the Baby Weber on Holiday
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Heading West Again
Image via WikipediaI'll be leaving for Ennis shortly, as I have to go and collect a load of books that I'd left in my grandfather's house. Of course I'm running an hour or two behind schedule, but it's a Saturday, so I should be forgiven!I left a lot of Spanish and French books with my grandfather a few years ago, so I've really no idea what is actually there. I suspect there's … [Read more...] about Heading West Again
House Buying Saga Continues
Image via WikipediaWhile I'm still getting emails alerting me to new properties for sale in Carlow every few hours I decided to check out prices in other parts of Ireland.Why oh why did we base our business in Carlow? If we'd based ourselves closer to the Shannon (ie. Limerick, Clare, Tipperary) the cost of houses would be significantly lower.Of course the infrastructure and … [Read more...] about House Buying Saga Continues
Heading West
I'm heading off to Co. Clare later this morning to see relatives.I'm dreading the traffic in Limerick, but I'm looking forward to not being online for 24 hours! … [Read more...] about Heading West
Local Authority Sites Don’t Need to be ugly
I just visited the Carlow website. It's horrific. It's embarassingly bad.Why can't they do something like Clare or Donegal?Does a county have to rely heavily on tourism to have a decent looking website?I'd have thought not.Earlier this week Carlow decided to have a carfree day before the rest of Europe. Whether this was a good idea or not isn't important, but if you were a … [Read more...] about Local Authority Sites Don’t Need to be ugly