Days 374-380, 21-27 June '15, Chickees! Meet Fluff and Stripe - the first two chicks to be born on our watch. You may recall last week we discussed the "Make Hay While the Sun Shines" phenomenon. Well this week we really understood the concept of "Don't Count your Chickens until they Hatch". We actually had 3 eggs under this little chook and a day or so after Fluff and Stripe hatched, little chook decided egg No. 3 was a no-hoper and kicked it out from the ne...

Days 366-373, 13-20 June '15, Enjoying life down on the farm-let. We've had the grandest week with all our furry little mates here in Enniscorthy. We feel so popular that all the furbies seem to remember us (and fondly) from our visit at Christmas. Been a really quiet week. It's so quiet here that we are struggling to launch from bed at 8.30 am ish (officially the longest the doggies can cross their legs for if they go to bed at 9-10 pm). You really don't wa...

Day 365, 12 June '15, Cork-Dublin-Enniscorthy - Travel Day! Wow. The 8 day roadtrip has come to an end. From Dublin north to Portrush and then all the way around the coast to the west, down to the south and today we did the final 270km run from Cork to Dublin Airport - A grand total of 4000 kms onto the clock of the Wee Red Beastie. If we were to consider it a 4000km test drive, we'd be mightily impressed - as it accomplished that with less than €200 in fuel ...

Day 241, 8 Feb '15, Enniscorthy "Travel Day" - Across this very bridge to one of the best deals ever. Ever. When we were last in Ireland (October 2012) they were still in the grip of the recession and B&Bs of superb standard were around€45 a night (maximum). This time around €60 seems to be the going rate - so A$65 vs. A$90 per night. Quite a jump. Our last couple of nights were €60/night but the highlight was hanging out in an eclectically decorated...

Day 240, 7 Feb '15, Enniscorthy town - the Farmers' Market, Pugin's Cathedral and the castle by night. We had a cosy night in the B&B - utter luxury to have the radiators pumping out heat, heat and more heat. Our breakfast at the Cotton Tree Cafe was a huge treat. When I asked the waitress what we could have from the menu as we were guests upstairs, she said "Anything". Them be fighting words missy! We both found the biggest luxury of course was having it...