Sunday July 27th.

A bit of a dull start but up and at 'em as a friend and her new partner were in the locality and there was a possibility that they might call so a bit of a tidy up was undertaken.  However said friend and partner never materialised however on the the bright side house was tidied up.  Decided to take advantage of the nice weather today and head out for a picnic with the dog in tow, and decided to head for Waterville about 10 miles or so away from us here in Emlaghpeastie.  Waterville is a small little seaside town in Kerry and its most famous claim to fame (sorry Waterville locals) is the fact that Charlie Chaplin used to spend his holidays in this sleepy little town with his wife and family in the Butler Arms Hotel, a real olde worlde hotel, even today.

There was a vintage car and tractor rally on as well and OH loves that sort of thing so we mosied around the exhibits and then headed to the local arts and crafts market to browse around. Got myself a copy of Solzhenitsen's The Gulag Archipeligo for a euro :)  Will read that over the next few days.  Got myself a copy of Lenin in Zurich a while ago but its proving not such an interesting read, might be something to do with the tiny print, which is hard to keep a tab on.  Anyhoo i'll persevere.

After leaving Waterville seafront with an FOC really decrepit old wash stand, we  headed to the Watervillle Golf Club which was heaving with helicopters, so the economy in Kerry must be picking up, and then headed around the coast road to St. Finians Bay, which is popular with surfers, where we parked up and had our picnic of tea (from flask) and lobster sambos which were delicious I must say.  Doggie enjoyed running around the grass and beach with me running after him, as he wasn't on his lead.   Then we headed to Portmagee where we met up with friends and had a drink in the Bridge Bar and then headed home as OH still isnt feeling the best.  He is now in bed with two paracetamol and I am blogging.

I will finish up now and watch a bit of TV.  Image below is from Butler Arms Hotel website and shows a little bit of the olde worlde atmosphere of the place.







www.ButlerArmsHotel.ie

Namaste
Marie.