Some taster pics from Galway

THIS LOT are only the tip of the iceberg but here are just some of the pics that I have managed to go through. There will be lots more coming soon.




My first real attempt at shooting in RAW. I'll definitely be making the switch when I get more memory cards.

Spideal Abú

I'm just blogging this after a wonderful and long weekend in Spiddal. As I write we are coming into Athlone, there's no air-conditioning on the train so to say it is hot would be an understatement.

But I suppose seeing as how I wanted good weather for the weekend, I am not complaining not after the crazy rain we had on Saturday, but Friday, Sunday, Monday and today were all absolutely gorgeous.

I love going down to visit my pal, her husband and their two babies, it is just bliss and this time was no different.

When I arrived my mobile was bleeping away with all the twitterers and my pal was just amazed at this.

And even more amazed when I explained it all.

'Eh you are saying that people are texting this site saying what they are doing?

I replied sortof, there's more to it than that, but that kinda sums it up for laypeople, particularly as they don't get my blogging either and are only coming to terms with how handy mobile phones are AND recently got a laptop and barely use it.

So all things twitter was one of the jokes of the last couple of days. Everytime my phoned beeped, they would go 'oh that'll be a commercial break then', or 'just getting my dinner', 'should I have a beer or a glass of wine'. You can imagine.

They didn't get it at all not even from my recollections of the fantastic reportage from twitter during the election. No they think I'm sad and all you other twitterers too.

My reply was at least someone texted me, sortof, unlike them who didn't get one the whole weekend ;)

I did get a cool t-shirt from my pal's husband, but I'll post that on its own, it deserves it.

Anyway as usual, here's some pics from the weekend, Spideal Abú.


An tra mor

Galway Abú

I’ve just spent a wonderful couple of days with an old pal in the west of Ireland with the most magnificent weather so far this year.

Spending time with my pal reminded me how it is so important to spend time with friends, how important it is to recharge the auld batteries, not to mention the soul and no where better than the west of Ireland with someone wonderful and their family. Life can be soo busy that we forget all this and before you know it too much time has passed since spending time with important people.

Between magnificent sunsets, stunning sandy beaches, old friendly company, laughing and crying babies, beautiful food, we all had a ball – the teenager, the doggie and me.

During one of our leisurely afternoons on one of the many beaches, we discovered that doggies do not know instinctively how to swim. The young wan headed off to the water with a very excited and delighted doggie and the dog’s squeaky bottle. Once the bottle was hurled into the sea, off the dog bounded and I mean bounded.

bounding…

But once in the water up to her neck, she just froze looking absolutely petrified and no amount of cajoling would budge her, none at all. She hadn’t a clue what to make of all this water and looked absolutely petrified.

After much shouting at the doggie, hearty laughs, clapping (don’t know why we thought that would work) laughing some more, the young wan went in to rescue the dog (I was wearing linen and had no intention of trying to hitch them up my legs). After a futile attempt to jump up on the young wan, the doggie was pushed by the bum back onto dry land.

I don’t think that the doggie was traumatised…. well much anyway.

And just because I have nothing left to say, I’ll let these pix taken from the weekend do all the talking.