Wednesday 5th August 2015

Well the Bank Holiday has been and gone and it was a washout.  Less said about that the better ! Don't really mind if its not too good weather wise as I can be lazy and read, write and computer surf without feeling too guilty.  On Monday it was nice for a few hours so we headed to Kenmare on a bit of a road trip, took some sandwiches, and the dog, and it was gloriously sunny albeit it was very windy.  Stopped at Dromquinna Manor on the way which is a  beautiful wedding venue with Glamping (glamorous camping) which we wanted to see.  Its in a beautiful spot on the Kenmare river but just as we got out of the car and started to walk with the dog the heavens opened !! Such a shame as I could imagine on a sunny day it would have been magnificent.

Got to Kenmare and walked around the town in between showers, there are some lovely shops and knick knack  places browsing and being seriously tempted, but we persevered.  Got some take away cups of tea and ate our sandwiches outside the lovely Kenmare Church which is 150 years old.(since 2014)  We had a browse around there, it had some amazing stained glass windows which two tourists? were taking shots of, mind you we were tourists also as we are not locals !!

On the way back we stopped in Waterville and the waves were immense, the tide was exceptionally high due to the full moon and the winds made them even bigger, we drove down to the shore where a house we have often viewed from the road is situated, right on the edge of the shore,  The woman who lives there came out to see what we were up to - understandably - and we had a very nice conversation with her.  Amazingly she lives there alone and I suspect in another 3-5 years she won't be living there as the sea will have taken the little bit of space between her and it - iykwim.

The last couple of days has been taken up with housekeeping the house getting ready for our return home to Dublin.  House has been fully repainted outside and I have cleaned, decluttered and tidyed up to beat the band.  As a little end of holidays treat we are heading to the Dublin Horse Show on Saturday for the Puissance with DD2 which we have been to before and really enjoyed.  Then its back to work on Monday.  Have had a  lovely time here in Kerry, its so relaxing.  Images below from www.dromquinna.com of the wedding venue and the glamping in the woods, both taken on nicer days than we had on Monday but nevermind its a beautiful place.  Also a drawing of Kenmare Church from a book written to celebrate 150 years since it was built.

Namaste
Marie.