Co . Mayo

with my son and his delightful wife and my 4 grandchildren

Breakfast was fresh scrambled eggs discovered in a secret clutch by my grand-daughter yesterday along with stir fried seaweed picked from the beach.

Swim at Machair at 9am

Train to Dublin in coach with 15 ladies returning from hen party in Westport (1st extra). Holy moly so entertaining. I am totally there for it.

Home now in the Big Smoke of Dublin to find mail from a friend who backed a horse called jeanymacaroney at Laytown and enclosed docket. This means another trip into the damn bookies. I’m just gonna buy myself a cheese burger with the proceeds .. I mean what else can I do!

I had a great weekend. My son wants me to come and move to Mayo. I am tempted but I am at heart a Dublin woman and warts n all, it’s a good place to be