Glendalough is the site of an early medieval monastic settlement. Some of it is in excellent condition, and the setting itself is spectacular. There’s a really good walk around the lakes – we went on the […]
We originally planned to do a bit more with the day but it was sunny, so we focussed on visiting cafes and relaxing on the beach. Time well-spent.
We caught the heatwave in Ireland in the middle of June. There follows a series of posts covering what we saw and did during the week. Posts appear as if I’d written them at the […]
The latest efforts from the US to move us smoothly into WW3 have disturbing knock-on effects around the world, some very close to the bog in fact. The dystopian world in which we now live, […]
So the radiator in the bathroom wasn’t really cutting it compared to the heating in the rest of the house. We could make good use of a remote-controlled, wall-mounted forced air heater above the bathroom […]
The security cameras aren’t getting a heavy workout of late, beyond dogs roaming from ‘next door’. Every now and then I’ll call them via the camera’s speaker capability, whereupon they run like hell. Hours of […]
Ben Folds lyric there, just for a change. The Google maps satellite view of the bog got updated this year – it’s now several years on from the previous version, and shows signs that we’ve […]
Ireland’s being going bread-mad – apparently it’s the thing to be worried about running out of in the treacherous weather. There have been articles devoted to baking your own, memes on the internet, etc. Actually, […]
So this blog has been about almost everything apart from technology. Due to the various Bad Things that needed putting right, the opportunities to gadget-up the bog house have been few and far between. Clearly […]
On the journey back from Doolin we detoured via Lahinch (a nearby holiday town) in time to catch the sunset. I visited it back in 2003 on my first trip to Ireland, and it hasn’t […]
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