Bog
Year: 2019
Bog
Autumn on the bog
Despite the best efforts of a number of battling technologies, the blog has been resurrected. Here are some pictures of birds and trees – autumn is an excellent time of year on the bog.
Bog
New camera installed
To keep an eye on one of the less-boggy fields, I installed a wireless camera up a tree. It’s solar powered, and reports to an outdoor access point that’s cunningly concealed somewhere else (actually quite […]
General
It’s Baile an Bhuinneánaigh
A very weak attempt to hide the fact that I’m posting some more photos of Ballybunion. Sorry not sorry.
House
It’s curtains for you
In case you thought that the whole renovation project had hit the buffers, I present you with the work of art that is a curtain pole attached to a wall: Once you’ve finished gazing in […]
Bog
The well water testing results are in…
Those of a nervous disposition, look away now… Test Result Interpretation Total coliform count / 100ml sample 240 ? Faecal coliform count / 100ml sample 23 ? Conductivity (us/cm) 692 ? pH 7.07 ? Total […]
General
Doolin 2019
Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond our control, we weren’t able to spend the weekend of the Doolin Folk Festival in the trailer tent. This meant that we missed out on being cold, wet and uncomfortable […]
Holiday
Festival of writing and ideas: Day 3
A gentle start with Julian Barnes (author of loads of books I really like) and Paul Muldoon (Pulitzer Prize-winner for poetry) chatting about life in a very unstructured fashion. An excellent continuation of the day’s […]
Holiday
Festival of writing and ideas: Day 2
11-12 noon: Dalrymple’s India. An hour of William Dalrymple presenting some highlights of the last five years of his work on the book “The Anarchy: The Fall of the Mughal Empire and the Rise of […]
Holiday
Festival of writing and ideas: Day 1
Straight off the Dublin ferry at 5am, we made our way through the quiet streets towards Boris. We weren’t allowed to show up until early afternoon, but thankfully friends in Kildare were awake enough that […]