Only a day and a bit until school starts. Liam is worried about having anew teacher in 1st class and Conor doesn't seem a bit bothered about starting Junior Infants. We shall see on the first day how they both deal with the situation. I can't believe they have had 10 weeks off!
We spent some of last week up in Wexford visting grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins. The boys bought their bikes and were showing off their skills to anyone that would watch. Conor is besotted with uncle Emmet; even more now Emmet bought him a hurley that has the Wexford colours of purple and gold for a grip. Liam on the other hand bought a Rebel hurl (Cork style) totally by chance - he is turning into a Corkonian!
There was another reason for going up to Wexford. We had discovered a couple of salvage yards in Kilkenny and Gorey and wanted to visit them to see what they had to offer. The boys were happy to stay with the family and be spoilt rotten! The first salvage yard we vistied, in Kilkenny was very organised with everything sorted into groups of similar items. There were various sash weights, guttering items, slates etc. Unfortunately there were no ridge tiles that matched our roll-top originals. We had more luck in the yard in Gorey for those. This yard was in a real state but after searching around we found some ridge tiles for the hip part of the roof that matched ours, in fact enough to probably complete the hips. The owner was confident that he could find the others we needed if we could get the details to him. What a relief! Also the yard in Gorey sell reproduction baths - 900 euro for the one I want, which is comparable in cost to the £650 for the ones I have seen on ebay once you have taken into account travel costs - we would have to collect from the UK. Maybe we are making progress at last...!
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