Cong house

Well we had a shifty at the Bramble cottage in Cong, it was lovely, the origional house was the first double story house in Cong, with walls 2.5 ft thick and the best of materials used in the renovation it was as pretty as a postcard. The plot has room for a donkey and veg garden and all sorts but the house is too small, the photos make it look larger than it is and I dont know who they will sell it to really unless its for a holiday home. Anyway having a look at it makes me realise that Oughterard village is better and we need a house with at least 3 bedrooms and decent sized living space.

Its another horrid day here drizzle and wind not nice at all.

lack of blogs

Well I havent been blogging much at all recently ehh, I have been busy with website design and to be honest sitting at the pc after a days designing isnt as much fun as it is if I have been out and about. The bike hire is about successful as Coco the clown's bid for the Americain Presidentship, thanks to rubbish weather and a lack of tourists.

My parents are coming for a visit this next week and I shall be driving back with them to Scotland and picking up Sheana and Sacha who are coming back with us. I hope the weather is better as May / June has been woeful. John Eagleton, forecaster with Met Eireann, said that after a chilly June things are finally set to improve this weekend. "We've only really had one real summer's day this year. That was the Friday before the June bank holiday," he said."Sunday is the big day, we should get 21C to 24C in most places, with the east and the midlands likely to get the best weather."

The west isn't predicted to be as fortunate with conditions likely to remain misty and drizzly.
Weather is due to become unsettled next week, before picking up again for the following weekend.
But Mr Eagleton believes the first two weeks in July will be a crucial.
"I'm a bit of a believer in St Swithun's Day (July 15) to be honest.
" If the first two weeks of July are wet, you can throw your hat at the summer," he said.

Going to look at a house for sale near Cong on Saturday it looks lovely but heaps smaller cong house for sale The price will have to be negotiable right enough as I would have to build a garage or large shed at the least to accomodate all our junk.

Apple will release a new iPhone with a faster processor in September, according to reports.The new Apple iPhone will have a faster processor and an improved camera, according to Bloomberg, which cited “two people familiar with the plans”.
The report said that the new iPhone would be upgraded to include the same A5 processor found in the iPad 2 and that it would have an 8-megapixel camera - an improvement on the 5-megapixel version found in the iPhone 4. The new phone will launch in September, Bloomberg said.
The report follows another rumour from technology blog Boy Genius Report, which yesterday claimed that the new iPhone would have “a radical new case design” - possibly one that was “teardrop-shaped” and would be launched in early or mid-August. My Iphone is looking weary but I shall have to rent a few bikes before I can get a new one.

trout and a clever cow

Well I had grilled sea trout tonight and made a crust for it with Alpen, mayo and Parmesan cheese, served it with mashed potato broccoli peas and a white sauce with parsley was tasty. I'm always experimenting with food hence my tummy but I'm on a diet this weather so maybe that's why it tasted so good tonight.

An extraordinary cow has been exposed as the culprit behind repeated escapes from a farm in south Armagh.
Following the installation of camera in the cow shed, it was revealed that the clever cow had worked out the sequence in which to open the bars of the pen to free her fellow cattle. They are thinking of giving her a seat in the Dail (Parlament).

Eggs have been thrown at Bank of Ireland's Chairman Pat Molloy and CEO Richie Boucher at the Annual General Meeting unfortunately they missed.
They were thrown by shareholder Gary Keogh from Blackrock, Co Dublin. Mr Keogh, who also threw eggs at AIB's AGM in 2009, was escorted from the meeting by security. Speaking afterwards, he said throwing the eggs had helped 'bring his blood pressure down'.

Things to do with a rock

Well to be sure I saw this rock and I saw this fox and ping like magic a thought came into me head so it did so it did, why not paint a fox on the rock be gora. So I did to be sure.

The new Rainbow Warrior looks like she is going to be a bonny ship

The 1985 bombing of the Rainbow Warrior made the converted fishing trawler a campaigning icon. Now, in its 40th anniversary year, Greenpeace is launching its first purpose-built protest ship – one of the most technologically advanced vessels to set sail.

back to rain

Well my pal Keith and his girlfriend visited from Scotland and we went for a sail on Friday, the weather alternated from very nice to dismal blustery showers which werent forecast but the nice parts made up for the showers. Put the boat back on the trailer as the weather forecast was bad and took her back to the house only to have a lovely day on Saturday lol typical. I didnt want to leave the boat at the pier this weekend as the pikeys are in town with the travelling shows and the outboard may have gone for a ride in a caravan.

We found a new place to tie up near Ashford Castle with just enough water to float at but it should be nice to spend a night there with the castle lights in the background.

Had a boozy Friday night which didnt set me in good stead for yesterday, anyway we had a ride on bikes through Roscahill woods with the dogs running alongside in the morning and lunch out at the pub but not even a Guiness at lunch could get me going again, getting past it so I am.

colour in the garden

Ok Dad sorry to show pics of the roses as I know yours got a hammering in the storm but someone was asking about the garden here.

I'd rather be growing more vegies but its not my garden and without ripping out flower beds there isnt space.

Sepp Blatter or as I call him, Septic Bladder is quite the boy for quotes, occasionally he will come out with something like "What I am most proud of is the legacy of hope that FIFA and football leaves around the world. It makes all of the efforts and energy I pour into this job worth it" and "Fifa cannot sit by and see greed rule the football world. Nor shall we" he needs a reality check.

Well who would have thought

World Atheist Convention in Dublin is sold out, who would have thought ehh. They probably sold a few more tickets due to the pedophile priests that were outed this last while in the predominant Catholic church here. I launched Itsa ma Bota earlier and we were going to head out to one of the islands for a barbi this evening but Angie was late getting back as she was rescuing a couple of horses that had been abandoned and Mark wasn't feeling well. The wind had come up a bit too and would have meant punching into it. Anyway shall go for a sail tommorow.

 In this country of lush green landscapes, celebrated for its traditional love of horses and the generations of racing thoroughbreds it has bred to conquer the racetracks of the world is a place that wounds the heart. Atop a muddy dome stretching over hundreds of windblown acres, roam some of the tens of thousands of horses and ponies that have been abandoned amid Irelands financial nightmare. Only miles from the heart of Dublin, the tip, a former landfill now covered with a thin thatch of grass, is the end of the road for all but the hardiest animals, a place where death awaits from exposure, starvation, untended sickness and injury.  The number of abandoned horses in this country could be as high as 100,000.  The Celtic Tiger has a lot to answer for.