Reuben is so talented! He can sing and play the piano at the same time!

Used my rail pass to go up to Derry/Londonderry on Saturday with Bill and Carl. Caught the train from Carrick to central and then from Central to Derry. (Actually the line is being repaired and you are bussed from Ballymena to Coleraine and then put on the train again. Great day out. Derry a hive of activity with cross border shoppers picking up bargains with their strong Euro against our weak Pound.

Someone gave me a ticket for the Ospreys v Ulster game at Ravenhill on Friday night. Ospreys were the better side and Ulster's performance somewhat lacklustre. Final score Ospreys 16 Ulster 13.

Rick, Katie and Reuben all arrived on Friday morning. Rick and I went off to Bentra to play golf. (See previous post).
It was Win's birthday and so we Skyped Dave and Stacey and Caleb and Grace in Canada and blew out the candles 4000 apart!

Went down to Rick's in Greyabbey on Saturday afternnon to see the Big Match on his Big TV! A real nailbiter of a finish, but the last time Ireland won the Grand Slam was the year I was born.
Took Reuben out for a walk down into the village before the game. Had chocolate and walked back.

I wandered lonely as a cloud...

Spring is here again. Great to get out into the garden and a game of golf at Royal Bentra!

We had a St Patrick's night bash at the church on Saturday night, (14th March 3;- days early!)

Great night with the Bentra school of Irish Dancing, some diddle-le-de music and a brief talk on St Patrick. Lots of eople turned up, about a quarter of whom I didn't know. We finished with bowls of Irish Stew and then Apple Tart and cream.

Friends bought us an overnight in a B&B in Fermanagh for my birthday last March. It was such a busy year that we didn't get time to take it so I had to take it before it ran out! We went down to the Marble Arch area on Friday and stayed overnight and went for a walk on the Saturday morning, but had to be back for a church event on Saturday night.
Fermanagh is great walking country. I really must take an extended time down there.

Being out west it is pretty damp and on our walk up the Cladagh River everything was covered in moss.

The walk up the river takes you to the Marble Arch Caves, which were closed. I think they are usually flooded over the winter and open up again at the end of March.

Belcoo Police Station, being on the border is still heavily fortified despite the "peace process"!

Haven't posted for a long time. In February, Lilian and her mum went to Canada to visit Stacey and the kids as Dave was on an eight week course in Ottawa. He came home for the weekend while they were there, which explains his appearance in some of the pictures!