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August and everything after
So as summer comes to an end with a cold, damp, miserable thump (what a surprise) it’s time to review some of what i’ve been up to over august. I was at a wedding in a castle in Edinburgh (though not...
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Saturday morning (who’s gonna play with me?)
It’s been a while since we’ve attempted the Upper Bann. There was the incident. It kind of put us off. But our canoe evangelism has paid off and we’ve managed to get Leggy and Dave round to buying...
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Canal song – Part 1
[Before I even start, my dearly beloved Canon IXUS died, the lens won't come out. 5 years isn't bad for all the water, sand and dirt it had thrown at it. So all the pictures are from the iPhone and of...
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Canal song – Part 2
Sleeping in tents is something that seemed like a good idea at the time you thought of it. But in general by the time you get round to it you wish you were in your own bed. Sleeping in a tent on a...
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Canal song – Part 3
We ended up in an Italian restaurant last night. It’s weird how many small Irish villages have really cracker restaurants sometimes. Well fed and waiting impatiently for 10 pm when we felt it would be...
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Frozen Lake
I find myself in that slightly awkward but always pleasant bit between Christmas and New Year. In this odd society that puts these major holidays together and where no real work happens in between....
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The Beastie Boys
The idea of having a “stag do” was just an excuse. I’ve wanted to get a bunch of folk on coney island for an overnighter for a while. This just seemed like a good opportunity. Regular readers will...
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Ram’s Island
Yeah I know you’re all bored sick of Coney island. Well we found a new one. By found I don’t mean we actually found it. It’s been there for a while now, and we’ll not be first to claim discovery or...
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yet another coney island blog…
Having been almost a year since I’d camped in Coney it was time for a trip back. This time, instead of the stag party I had my lovely wife in tow. She still had to paddle her own way their mind you,...
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