Easter weekends

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Our Easter Garden


Moss and candles and magical chocolate eggs!


Castlewellan Forest Park
There were about 10,000 people there, none of them appear on the photographs.

Pretend serenity
I have never EVER been to the forest park when it is bunged. Today i did. It was filled with all kinds of people - campers, locals, foreigners... tourists... egg chasers... my god, i have never seen it like that before. The last time i was there was to look at red kites and i think there were like 20 people in the entire park. We did see two red kites along the way.

How cute is that?


Legannay Dolmen...yes it is really slanting in that direction.


Oisin attempts to steady it


Like most neolithic artefacts in Ireland this one is
in a farmers' field.


I quite like this shot - my dad on one side of the portal and the boys on the other


Ghin asked me if the roof would come in on him


Obligatory dolmen and family shot




This gate actually has the dolmen decorating it in steel

It is impossible not to like Co Down. I mean what isn't there not to like? There are mountains, there are ancient sites, there are great people, there is culture, there is no culture... it is fabulous. You have the sea, you have the mountains, you have fishing villages, you have rabid loyalists and nationalists. It's fantastic. All of Northern Ireland's history is wrapped up in it. All of Irish history is wrapped up in it.

Tomorrow we head for Scotland. I thought of going to Iona, but my dad wants to visit St Andrews and i sorta think, you see we have a chance to go to St Andrews now and if we never got round to visiting St Andrews i would just never EVER forgive myself.

I really enjoy outings with them. They are so amusing. When people say that people behave like an old married couple, i totally get that now. It amazes me that people can be so honest with each other, in questionably honest ways. Right i have to pack for Scotland now. We will stop by Glasgow on the way and i will also drop a visit to the Rosslyn chapel. I can't wait really.

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