So the new reality of running a B&B during Covid 19 has kicked off. We have made all the recommended changes to our operation while still retaining the homely feel of the place. I have a nice cert from Faite Ireland saying I have received training and am compliant with Covid 19 protocols. I hope…
Well it has been a very quiet period with only a few locally based people hiring boats from time to time. However, all the social distancing rules did not put off Oughterard based Karl Keating from proposing to a very surprised Fiona Walsh on a trip from Camillaun Lodge to Inchagoill island – they clearly…
Before we leave May the summer has arrived in glorious fashion and it has coincided with the Bank holiday – well that’s probably a first. Whats more, instead of being flat out looking after our guests we have the entire house to ourselves and the lake to the locals. So I headed out at dawn…
Well for the past two days we have been battered by high South Westerly and Westerly winds. The garden has taken a battering and leaves that are only a few weeks old litter the ground. Christopher’s cat, a new resident, was puzzled to discover a strange ‘animal’ in the garden with hair, feathers and moss…
As and from the 18th May 2020 we will be making a small number of boats available for hire for fishing and exercise on the lake. This is restricted to people who live in a 5 km radius of Camillaun Lodge -so in reality to locally based people and all the normal social distancing rules…
The mayfly is up and finally the ‘Maybush or Whitethorn’ is in flower, but the lake is strangely quiet. Yes, most people are holding steadfast to the movement restrictions initially just 2km from home and for the past week 5km. You are allowed a short period of exercise and some people with close access to…
In the early months of the year we were undergoing preparations for the forthcoming 2020 season. Painting in the house was planned and completed and a bit of a milestone birthday celebrated a year late in the beautiful French Alps. We were planning returning and concentrating on getting everything ‘shipshape’ for the new season.Shortly after…
Sri Lanka Our holiday in Sri Lanka took us from the coast to the highlands and back again. We enjoyed some beautiful safaris and saw extraordinary wildlife. We hiked to Worlds End and then took on the famous Sri Pada or Adam’s Peak, a tough pilgrimage normally undertaken by lamplight at night. Up to 6,000…
Exploring Sri Lanka Christmas 2019 saw us head East for one of the few occasions to reunite with travelling Christopher who was returning from 4 months travel and we met in the capital of Sri Lanka, Colombo. This is a wonderful country boasting many legacies to the old colonial days when the influence of England…
Well as the winter comes we must bring home all the boats and tidy everything away for the next season. Its a busy time as the days shorten and the winter always seems long. Not this year, Oughterard’s Intermediate football team went on a winning spree that saw them put in some amazing performances and…