1st June 2015 - Loads going on, no time to write

Okay, I had a couple of busy weekends, more appointments for viewings, catching up with friends, work and all the other stuff you have to do in life. In the meantime though I managed to finish my Owl cardigan, put the buttons on it today but pictures will follow shortly.

During the last weeks we had the An Post Rás on, a bicycle race that went through Skerries. A friend of mine came up from town. We were in luck, the weather was good, sunshine most of the time and we were even able to walk in the water at the beach.

Picture during the race. And yes, we have a new pub/restaurant called the Salty Dog. Does nice food, big portions, still a bit unorganised but I will give them a try again soon.

Little fellow we met at the beach. Skerries restaurants serve the local fish and seafood straight from the sea. So I'd say he can call himself lucky he hasn't ended up on somebody's plate yet.

Overall, the weather was stunning that day. As far as I can recall it was raining the next day.

Yesterday, I went out to Celbridge. The guy that sells the coffee at Skerries train station brings out his coffee van to Castletown in Celbridge, one of these lovely castles in middle of nowhere. They have a market on every last Sunday of the month, coinciding with the Dublin Flea and the Coop market. My friend is currently on holidays so I gave the Dublin Flea a miss and went to Celbridge instead. I ended up the Carbury afterwards for a BBQ. Busy as a bee indeed.

Picture of the stalls at the market. This setup can actually call itself a market. People were selling fruit and vegetable, home-made items such as jewelry (yes I bought something), soy candles (yes, those too) and other amazing stuff like pizza from the stone-oven. It had just rained a few minutes ago, typical Irish weather, kept changing all the time. Certainly will go again, was a fantastic day.

From 2:00pm there is always live-music

However, my attention was draw to a man at a stand making sculptures from lime wood and teaching children how to carve these cool wooden faces. I was tempted to try it myself. Maybe next time.

To sum it up, I had a couple of lovely weeks and hope to have some good news soon. I finish this post with a picture of the sea at Balbriggan train station, taken one morning while waiting for the train.

Still surprised what my phone can do. Hope it stays with me for a good while longer.