Northern Ireland

By Dianne

Enniscorthy – a quick visit

This post is part of a series called Snap Shots Having a car makes so much difference – even though we’re “homebodies” in so many ways we do like the odd adventure! One of the areas we hadn’t visited was South East Ireland – so we decided to check it out. Some of Reg’s ancestors…

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By Dianne

The big day out!

Well we are back at Mourne Park again – all settled in – like we’d never left! Our last week at Packolet was a mixture – busy and not so busy times. Reg worked in the garden, we shopped at the local supermarket, I baked more cakes, we “dog sat” Frodo and looked after Minnie…

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By Dianne

Visitors at Packolet

We have settled into “Packolet” – our house sit within a house sit. Marion, Alan and family are in the USA and we are happily looking after their old farmhouse and gardens, Minnie the dog, and Tess the cat. No great hardship – the house and gardens are beautiful, Minnie is little honey bunny, and…

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By Dianne

Desperate times!

This is our second summer in Northern Ireland – mild days, lots of rain, green everywhere. Everything growing at a rate of knots! So different to our dry, brown, summer months in Australia. Most of our time at Mourne Park – our regular local house sit – has been spent battling nature – trying to…

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By Dianne

Summing things up!

We are nearing the end of our time in Northern Ireland. It’s been our second three month house sit at Mourne Park and we’ve enjoyed it heaps. Being Aussies we’re limited in how long we can stay in different areas in Europe – 90 out of 180 days in Schengen and 180 days in a…

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