The Heat Is On

THE HEAT IS ONFrom what I hear, the weather isn’t too good back home. A hint of spring followed by a return to winter.As I sit here, there is a film of sweat on my arms and on my face. I’m wearing a loose t-shirt, light shorts and flip-flops and that’s too much. Outside the […]

Continue Reading Comments { 1 }

Stride Ethiopia

Thank you to everyone who ran the Wicklow25/50k and helped raise over Eu300 for these young athletes in Yngelan(not sure of the spelling there, but a small village four hours south of Addis Ababa) , Ethiopia. Watch out for some of them in Beijing!Coach Mick Bourke, who you can see standing back left, is heading […]

Continue Reading Comments { 0 }

Afore I Forget…

Here seven weeks now and time to list some of the things that are unusual but which you learn to live with (before I stop noticing them altogether). 1 The weekend. It’s Friday and Saturday. Friday is prayer day (no, I have no idea why and not going to risk making a guess), so nothing […]

Continue Reading Comments { 0 }

Finally saw some examples of the terrible driving everyone talks about here. When it comes to putting one country up against anothe, we naturally think our own is the best but sorry you lads in your Hummers and Porsche SUVs, I still think the bad drivers of Ireland are in a class of their own.Break […]

Continue Reading Comments { 0 }

An Indecent Proposal

In the 18th century that great Anglo Irish writer Jonathan Swift, wrote a treatise called “ An Indecent Proposal”. Appalled by the poverty surrounding him in Dublin city, he proposed that rather than abandon children to a life of poverty and starvation in the filthy streets of the time, that a society that clearly didn’t […]

Continue Reading Comments { 0 }

Where I live

Just in case any of you are interested in my third floor flat off the B Ring Roadd. The first image shows the view from the front door; the second the view from the bedroom. Don’t you just LOVE the rich red furniture! Under the window is the vital Air Con and, as you can […]

Continue Reading Comments { 0 }