Tim & Anna 2017

Our plan has been to balance relaxation (reading, walking, writing, yoga and eating) ....with adventures...(walking, touring, exploring) We decided it would be grand to see a number of stone circles as each is so different, to walk on a number of islands, to drive the Beara Penninsula and the Kerry Way, to visit a garden or two, to find some locally made wool, and perhaps to eat a bit more fish and taste a few more beers, and indeed to try to pronounce a few more town names... We are enjoying Ballydehob, Skibbereen, Clonakility, and Rosscarberry, Drimoleague & Timoleagues, Dunmanway & Ballylickey! Tuosist..try that one. And these are the names in English, seemingly shortened from the Irish names. And truly we are not making any attempt to learn Irish... We have learned that 'Beag' means little, so if this is an indication...we just are not feeling up to managing the contradictions. We've done a fine job exploring though, that we have. Living here on t...

On Food & Drink I love Murphy’s, that I do, So… Tim Loves the double IPA from Ohara’s. And of course Smithwick’s Red, which has forever been a favourite of his. All are made within about three hours of us here. And I do love Dingle gin also… Fentiman’s is an Irish company that makes a really great tonic! (though I settle for fever tree as it's readily available) And Bewley’s a rich and beautiful cup of tea… Ethne, here at the market in Schull makes the best marmalade I’ve ever had, from Seville Oranges, best that is next to my dad’s. Local Irish Soda Bread at every market and grocery store, and much of it without wheat, and some without gluten...all delicious. Picture it smothered in marmalade, or for Tim, fresh raspberry jam. Dinner varies between fresh fish off the boat (we’ve had hake, plaice, dingle bay prawns, monkfish, salmon (which is only farmed in Ireland or Scotland now as there is a moratorium on fishing Salmon in the wild in order ...