Back Home
30/08/09 22:21 Filed in: Personal
Back home again after
two very pleasant weeks in Brittany. Overall the
weather was good - and very good for the first few
days. Our gite was a lovely little two-bedroomed
stone cottage away out on its own, half a mile up a
little boreen.
We were on the beach most days. On the first day we ended up in a little place called Trégastel, just north of Lannion, and about a 40 minute drive from our base. It has a nice sandy beach, isn’t too big or crowded, and attracted a good few families. We liked it, and so went back there nearly every day.
We didn’t do too much touring around this time. Our furthest journeys were to Dinan and Saint Malo. Dinan was lovely, and its half-timbered houses reminded me a lot of Alsace. I honestly wouldn’t be bothered going back to Saint Malo. For a start it was a disaster trying to get parking, and the city itself was unpleasantly overcrowded.
Another highlight was Chateau de Rosanbo in Lanvalec.
I’ll post some photos on a gallery in the next few days.
So it’s back to work and to reality tomorrow. So what’s the weather like here for the next few days?
Meh.
We were on the beach most days. On the first day we ended up in a little place called Trégastel, just north of Lannion, and about a 40 minute drive from our base. It has a nice sandy beach, isn’t too big or crowded, and attracted a good few families. We liked it, and so went back there nearly every day.
We didn’t do too much touring around this time. Our furthest journeys were to Dinan and Saint Malo. Dinan was lovely, and its half-timbered houses reminded me a lot of Alsace. I honestly wouldn’t be bothered going back to Saint Malo. For a start it was a disaster trying to get parking, and the city itself was unpleasantly overcrowded.
Another highlight was Chateau de Rosanbo in Lanvalec.
I’ll post some photos on a gallery in the next few days.
So it’s back to work and to reality tomorrow. So what’s the weather like here for the next few days?
Meh.
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Holiday Time
13/08/09 23:38 Filed in: Personal
New Photo Site
About two moths ago,
I mentioned that I was working on a couple of new
projects and this was why the blogging was so
quiet. Happily, I can now unveil one of those
projects.
Introducing The UnLaoised Photo Archive.
On the site’s homepage is a Google Map of Ireland, with a number of placemarks dotted all over the map. Click on these placemarks to see a sample photo of that place, and from there you can click through to a gallery of photos. Alternatively, click on the List of Locations tab at the top of the page to see all locations listed by county.
It’s still a work in progress, as quite a bit of it needs descriptive detail, but that’s something I’ll get round to over the next few months. And of course, I will be adding to it as I take more photos.
The site can be accessed at any time by clicking on the Photo Archive tab at the top of this page.
I hope you enjoy browsing the site, and I would be delighted to hear your feedback.
Introducing The UnLaoised Photo Archive.
On the site’s homepage is a Google Map of Ireland, with a number of placemarks dotted all over the map. Click on these placemarks to see a sample photo of that place, and from there you can click through to a gallery of photos. Alternatively, click on the List of Locations tab at the top of the page to see all locations listed by county.
It’s still a work in progress, as quite a bit of it needs descriptive detail, but that’s something I’ll get round to over the next few months. And of course, I will be adding to it as I take more photos.
The site can be accessed at any time by clicking on the Photo Archive tab at the top of this page.
I hope you enjoy browsing the site, and I would be delighted to hear your feedback.
Why I Will Never, Ever, Vote For Sinn Féin
05/08/09 22:02 Filed in: Politics
My Enemy's Enemy, Etc.
05/08/09 21:33 Filed in: Sport
Not wanting to stray
onto the subject ground of my good friend
Willie Joe, but I can’t let
Sarah Carey’s column
in today’s Irish
Times go without comment. In it, she contends
that the desire to see a rival county’s GAA team
beaten can be stronger than the loyalty to one’s
own county’s team. That’s fair enough, as there
are plenty around the country who would belong
to the ABK (Anyone But Kerry) or the ABDD
(Anyone But De Dubs) camps.
She then reveals her own prejudices as a Meath native, and puts forward the reasons for her desire to see Dublin, Mayo, Kildare and Kerry lose. As a Mayoman, naturally I wanted to see what she had to say about my own native county:
Mayo have lost five All-Ireland finals in the last twenty years. There was no complaint from the Mayo supporters when they were beaten out the gate by Kerry in 2004 and 2006. Nor was there any when they lost by three points to Kerry in 1997, or by the same margin to Cork in 1989. They accepted that they had been beaten fair and square on the day, and moved on. The only All Ireland loss that rankled at the time, and still does, is the loss to Meath in 1996.
This is because they were robbed. Hopefully Mayo will set the record straight this weekend, and in the process help this festering sore to heal.
She then reveals her own prejudices as a Meath native, and puts forward the reasons for her desire to see Dublin, Mayo, Kildare and Kerry lose. As a Mayoman, naturally I wanted to see what she had to say about my own native county:
“As for Mayo, I will never forgive them for their complaints when they lost to Meath in 1996. Gaelic football is a man’s game and I like my losers to take their beatings like men. I accept that in Meath’s case this statement might be unfairly interpreted too literally. What I mean is, in defeat, shake the other guy’s hand and move on. Mayo will never win an all-Ireland until they stop complaining about losing.”
Mayo have lost five All-Ireland finals in the last twenty years. There was no complaint from the Mayo supporters when they were beaten out the gate by Kerry in 2004 and 2006. Nor was there any when they lost by three points to Kerry in 1997, or by the same margin to Cork in 1989. They accepted that they had been beaten fair and square on the day, and moved on. The only All Ireland loss that rankled at the time, and still does, is the loss to Meath in 1996.
This is because they were robbed. Hopefully Mayo will set the record straight this weekend, and in the process help this festering sore to heal.
Aoife's Kitchen
02/08/09 16:21 Filed in: Dadage