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This will be short! It’s New Year’s Eve and I’m allowing myself a half hour contemplation on the last night of the year before I get myself the last sloe gin of 2019 and an early night! At the beginning of the year I set myself the task of...

November is a long month and it started of with a lot of rain. I’m not yet ready to talk about the amount to water that fell in this part of the world. Suffice to say I’ve seen enough water to last me a while. The Weather! The river was higher...

October was busy! There was lots going on with half term holidays and we wanted it to be busy. We also had a number of events in The Barn which required planning and preparation which usually starts a month or two beforehand. The month began...

Running a little behind schedule with September blog I’m afraid. I think this is what happens when you start thinking about Christmas before Halloween has happened! Cast your mind back to a week of almost perfect summer weather. As someone who now spends a...

I don’t know about you but I have very mixed feelings about the month of August! I think it has something to do with the end of school holidays. Let me explain. When I was 13 my family moved from Kilkeel to Uganda (quite the house move!) This was in the...

I have heard summer described as Nature’s rush hour and I think it’s a perfect description. The Green has been buzzing with activity over the past few weeks. The Green is certainly aptly named as I have seen every shade of it in recent days. From livid lime green...