All over for Leinster

Hello.. what have we here!? Warm air, sunshine!? 99 cone with a flake here we come!

Another showery day ahead but a few sunny spells too. Still feeling cool today but warmer air is on its way from tomorrow.

Looking at the forecast the weekend looks like it's going to be nice, especially Sunday. We need a bit of sun & heat. Yesterday was so cold, wet and miserable we lit the fire! In May!

I've come to the conclusion that cycling the cargo bike in darkness is safer than during daylight. In the past week we've been nearly left hooked and t-boned twice. I'm wearing hi Viz yellow jacket, bike & helmet has lights but lights are pretty much ineffective IMHO while cycling during the day.

Surprised to find a bunch of radio stations on the car's DAB radio this weekend. Listened to Bob FM amongst others. The only big mainstream station I found was newstalk. It seems it is coming from Failte DAB trial failtedab.ie

Not Galway's day today. :( Well done to the Rossies! Deserved to win - came back from 6 points down near the end. It was some game - the new rules have transformed football.

Had a lovely time cycling the grand canal Greenway and around Lough Boora yesterday. Very much a hidden treasure.

Snooker final - the best of one for the win! A Decider frame. I hope Wu Yize takes it. What an exciting player. If he doesn't - he will in the future.

Thoroughly enjoyed the great Limerick run today. Perfect running conditions and a huge turnout (both runners and supporters)!!

Shouting for Mark Allen tonight. He has been a joy to watch - so has Wu Yize as well to be fair.

Tomas & family are trialing one of our ecargobikes support them making choices around sustainable transport for their family.. Contact [email protected] if interested in trialing one 4 yourself #limerick #limerickactivetravel #urbancycling #ecargobike #irishcyclingcampaign

Janey.

Did you know: Whatever weekday (this year a Friday) the 1st of May is - is the same as Christmas day!?

April is such a good month for sport. Spoilt really.

A Marathon in under 2 hours. Wow. History made. Just wow!

Having previously bought a couple of times from rathwood (firewood X2 and Christmas stuff) I got caught up with a delayed order of firewood. Eventually got refunded after months of hassle from them. According to their website they formally entered examinership www.rathwood.com/pages/update

Programmes for Wild Mind festival in Fenit are out, featuring me lil' doodle. Really looking forward to this! 🌿 wildmind.ie

Cattle belonging to a farmer in the village tested positive for bovine TB. Everyone in the vicinity gets notified that his herd is under a movement restriction. We have land adjoining his land so we have to make decisions of where our cattle will graze.

"When the wind is in the east, 'tis neither good for man nor beast" True that.

Snooker. In the Crucible. For the next two weeks. Happy days. (I really must attend a session in the future.) #snooker #bucketlist

Finally! Some dry weather ahead. The land is still very wet.

The 1926 Census will be released tomorrow. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

I knew the #atmbar game was going to be a cracker..

Anyone interested, next 3-4 weeks are best of the year for shooting sunsets in Dublin — skies and air quality. Best place is Burrow Beach (Sutton) — sun sets really nicely over the water in late April / early May.

I've been exclusively cycling the cargo bike for last 6 months. I love it. Jumped on the cycle cross bike for a short spin and it felt so different to be back on it. The steering for one but overall it felt like a twitchy nimble beast bursting with speed! The saddle is much harder than I remember!

Thank you Will Leahy of @rtegold.bsky.social for playing Jumbo Breakfast Roll - Very hard not sing along and lift the mood after last night...

Football. #CZEIRL

:( the world cup wait continues

Biscuits

It was soft penalty to get in the first place. That was a stupid penalty to give away.. Need to settle down.. don't let them build momentum

Giddy.

The antidote to everything else in your timeline

Sunshine is good for the soul. Badly needed.

I have an ongoing dispute with Irish water. @irishwater.bsky.social Usage for the diaputed quarter is 14x the norm. I refused to pay the bill. I've paid all previous bills and subsequent bills where the usage is back to the norm. We have done the leak test - no leak.

A little repost - something to digest for anyone wanting to have the combo of DTT/Satellite TV on one box, have simultaneous recording and multi room viewing capabilities in a world where TV providers offer very limited options.

The picture was funny. The confusion appreciable. But the conspiratorial reply was brilliant. #IdesofMarch

Bought a few heifers this weekend to start the clock on the 28 week ANC requirement. They'll be in shed for 2 weeks and I'm hoping the land will be able to take them by then. Also.. Prices per kg up again YOY. It's not sustainable. Had to go for a mix of AAX, LMX and CHX.

This mornings cycle was a wet and windy one. Had to firmly sit on the poncho to stop it flying around the place. It did it's job very well this morning.

Just a few more weeks until the 1926 Census data is released. April 18th. It's a big gap from the previous census in 1911 but we'll definitely learn something!

Longish thread about cycling a cargo bike around Limerick and the bike itself. After trialing a cargo bike Pat and @limerickecargobike.bsky.social - we decided to buy this bike from Decathlon. We have over 1000km done since October. We go every morning - regardless of the weather.

Kinvara Rock and Road 2026 completed. As usual, so well organised, a lovely route and this year the weather was my perfect running weather. Couldn't ask for more.

We are back again 😎

There’s always money in the

- the quote regarding how Alice was executed. Chilling. What a barbaric way to go.

After a nice-ish day, the rain is back and it is awful. Time to get the fire going.

The Stretch is Real! Thanks Alan.

Solar panels on the farm are starting to ramp up. They are south facing, on a old sheep shed that has a near perfect slope. We got them & battery under the DAFM TAMS grant (60% for farmers).