With the great news of the dropping of virtually all restrictions we are planning our 2022 season. We will not be putting out the boats until the week coming up to the ‘new bank holiday’ in March so we will have boats from Saturday the 12th March. Due to our personal circumstances we will be…
DetailsIts not often you get ‘ideal’ conditions in January but Sunday 16th January 2022 was a glorious day in Connemara. Lucky for those of us who can just head out West and pick a relatively quiet route for a cycle. Plenty of layers were required as the temperature was a mere 5 degrees – it…
DetailsThe start of the new year is a time for renewal, new commitments and getting the most of the amazing part of the country in which we live. It is often said there is no such thing as bad weather just bad clothing! You just need to wear the right stuff whether it walking, cycling…
DetailsThis time of year we usually head to some far off location for a holiday. We like off the beaten track, and have been fortunate to see some amazing places over the years. With Covid-19 this is not possible for now, so we had a lovely home Christmas with some of Deirdre’s family without Christopher…
DetailsWith the house closed and Covid-19 rumbling on like a smoking volcano the best thing to do is walk locally and enjoy the highs and some lows in the local scenery. Its always a highlight to see the trout heading to their spawning grounds or digging the gravel just above the bridge at the house.…
DetailsThere was a busy day towards the end of the season when we had to put out extra engines, but by the end of September it was time to take the boats out for another year. This is a busy time of trailering, pulling boats off trailers and turning them and putting them on stands…
DetailsEvery year we plant hanging baskets around the house in memory of my mum. Some years they are good others probably not so good, it all depends on two key factors, when you get time to plant them (if its too late they don’t grow so well) and if the summer is very sunny, then…
DetailsDerryclare mountain is always a favourite that must be climbed each summer. The views throughout the climb are always amazing. Ok, so there are many false summits – so you must temper your companions expectations that the 10 cairns they come across on the way up are not the top! But, if the weather is…
DetailsAt the end of August the lake is probably its warmest and the trout are hiding in the deeper colder water. Time to leave the trout alone and relax! In the warm days we were either heading to the beach or for a swim on Lough Corrib. There is nothing nicer than a swim at…
DetailsAlready there is a feeling of Autumn in the air. The temperatures are more like the usual ones for this latitude, the heat wave of July is now a distant memory, the river and the garden have recovered. Don’t get me wrong it was amazingly hot and we made the most of it with evening…
DetailsWith the planned opening up of inter-county travel from the 10th May it is perfect timing for a trip to Lough Corrib for the Mayfly. During the week there were plenty of Mayflies popping up in Oughterard bay in a virtual flat calm – that was after the hailstorm about 30 minutes earlier! Yes, it…
DetailsAfter a particularly long lockdown from the 30th December to the 12th April we will finally be able to open our boat hire to anglers or boaters from County Galway from Monday 12th April. it has been a tough time all through the long days of winter. However, the clocks have gone forward, the days…
DetailsThe days are getting longer and just a little warmer. The crocus’s were quick to follow the snowdrops and then the daffodils came in abundance – but in typical West of Ireland style a storm of wind and heavy rain battered the daffodils to the ground – they are finally recovering. We have been very…
DetailsThe 2021 trout season opened for those within 5kms of the water on the 15th February. This was just 4 days after the snowfall so hard to believe the weather had changed so much in a few days. Of course we had to launch a boat and head out for a couple of hours. it…
DetailsIt’s not often we get ‘real snow’ – you know snow that ‘sticks’, squeaks under your boots, makes good snow balls and covers the ground. Well, we finally got some on the 11th February. This is rare on the west coast as our weather is influenced by the Atlantic ocean. Whenever this happens you need…
DetailsToday is the 10th January and it is heartening to know that the daylight is now 40 minutes longer than it was on the shortest day of the year just before Christmas. It might seem hard to notice but we can’t argue with the facts! The best thing to do once you are all in…
DetailsThankfully 2020 is now in the past, although with current infection levels it would seem that things are going to get worse before they get better. We are fortunate to have lovely walks locally including down to the pier and the bog walks all of which are right outside the door. The severe frost has…
DetailsAs Christmas approached we were facing the dreaded lockdown again. Allowed to meet a small number of people for Christmas day was a saving grace. We would normally be somewhere unusual but all that is on hold. Making the best of the short days and the weather is key on top of getting together, in…
DetailsFinally another nice Saturday in December – time to catch some rays and exercise! We togged out early and headed for Maam to leave the car and cycle through the Lough Nafooey valley past Finney and Upper Mask and into Clonbur for a well deserved coffee. Then the final push along the North shore of…
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