Still not a lot going on here, because of a heavy work schedule and much rewriting of this website. The new improvements will be worth waiting for, I hope.

June's calendar page will arrive shortly. I foolishly decided to redo it and haven't managed to finish it off. Hopefully it will be ready by Tuesday. Sorry about that.

In the meantime, please enjoy your weekend and if you're in Ireland enjoy your long weekend and drive safely.

Ride On!!

Tom

We were woken by glorious sun streaming into the tent, but it didn't last. The Donegal weather system soon realised what was going on and resumed (seemingly) normal service. Yes, it started to drizzle! The day was a good one though and I managed to get to a good variety (if not massive quantity) of new sites as well as a couple of previously visited favourites.

Since this visit we have bought a new tent. A one roomed, two-person tent is ok when the weather is fine, but when it rains it's next to useless. Now we just have to plan the next weekend outing to use it.

Actually a bit of blue would have been great this morning! Instead it was grey, grey, grey. The slightest glimmer of light to the NE was all we were treated to.

My wife and I had decided to get up (yesterday was fantastic) and head for somewhere close. My choice was a little unorthadox - a church. I did have good reason for choosing such an oddball place, though. I believe Laughanstown (County Dublin) is built on a much more ancient place. It is said to have been visited by St. Brigit, but this could actually point to an older Celtic Brigid association for the site.

What a beautiful day! Almost too good really. The sun shone down and nearly gave me heatstroke - I must get a summer hat.

I spent the day around the Fermanagh/Leitrim border. I got to a couple of sites that have been on my list for a long time, but didn't get to one of my targets: once again I left Shasgar 'til late in the day and didn't have the energy to climb that hill. I really must aim to do that first next time.

While I was out and about I came across some Spotted Orchids. A pale mauve flower with darker puple loops and spots. Absolutely beautiful!