Category Archives: Travel
The remnants of our French dream are packed in boxes.
And it all started out so well, so optimistically. But it is all behind us now except for one important aspect – we still have a small mountain of household items left in our French property to bring back to the UK. They are all boxed up though, I spent the better part of August [...]
Another chick flies the nest.
Not one of mine this time though – my cousin’s girl. She is 22 and has qualified as a fully trained nanny and is off to spread her wings and try out her hard-worked for skills on a family in the United States. It is interesting that Australian nannies are very highly regarded not just [...]
That Termonfeckin town!
The easter break is almost at an end so we decided to take the kids for a bit of a history lesson today – nice weather and all – and took off down south for a visit to the site of the Battle of the Boyne at Oldbridge. Driving the route to Dublin is not [...]
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