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The chair is my late father’s brought from St Luc in Switzerland to La Pelisserie in the Aveyron, home of Meabh, Ian and Max. Pictured are Max (who turns eight on Sunday) and Ian having a snooze in front of the fire – though the sun is starting to appear in France, as it is […]

Found these while looking for something else today. They show Mount Cook in New Zealand, plus the very fancy (!) train that is one of three in the country and pitched as a major tourist attraction. From Kuala Lumpar, there’s a image of the Petronas Towers, while from Sydney come two views of the Opera […]

Some people love snowdrops; I find them difficult. The fact that you can’t buy them “in the green” here doesn’t help- though I have my eye on a few clumps on the side of the road near me. Very tempting, though I suspect illegal. Not so difficult are hellebores, which drop their babies all over […]

Two views from Kilmashogue Woods, taken during the Leinster Schools Hill Running Championships last Wednesday ( I was up there for well over two hours; I had to do something to amuse myself!). The first one is of the Luas bridge in Dundrum; the second of the Pigeon House.

All of us who love the Dublin hills are horrified at what Coillte has been doing over the past few years. The woods they planted about 25 years ago, giving Dubliners precious outdoor spaces to enjoy virtually on their doorstep, are now mature. That means they can be felled. Ticknock has been devastated as has […]

Here is a report on the “other” rugby match taking place in Dublin last weekend. It wasn’t in Croke Park, and although the French won, it wasn’t anyway near as devastating. Read on… At St Mary’s Rugby club in Dublin last Saturday where Ireland’s rugby women were taking on France, you could have been forgiven […]

Another great image from The Sister. It’s clearly beaucoup plus froid in the Aveyron than ici a Dublin.

Larry Gogan, unflappable and legendary DJ, has stopped doing his “Just a Minute” quiz.Some gems (lest we forget):Q: With what town in Britian is Shakespear associated?A: HamletQ: Name the BBC’s Grand Prix commentator? I’ll give you a hint, it’s something you suck..A: Dickie Davies (right answer Murray Walker, as in Murray Mints).Q: What was Jeeve’s […]

The Cru – Sinead, Mary, Karen, Hilary, Maureen, Geraldine. Hilary and Karen on the dreaded hill! Forget the race up front, the real battle at the Meet and Train race in Lucan came a bit further down the field. Karen, Hilary and Sinead were running together for much of the race. But come the tree […]

Three images from my garden today, when everything should be dead or dormant. The Graham Thomas yellow rose just keeps coming, while there are three flowers on the geranium. As for the clematis, it is twining its way around the myrtil tree, which is what it should be doing, though perhaps a little later in […]