Another Week

Luckily, the problem with the car was a leaking radiator – not quite as expensive as changing the cylinder head gasket. Unfortunately it took a couple of days to get the replacement radiator so we had to rent a car for our trip to Connemara on Wednesday; still it was well worth it.
Had a great evening with Sue and John and Peter and Iona trying not to drink too much before our fishing trip.
Thursday looked a little grey but was still dry at breakfast – I commented that I had had three sunny days on the boat with John this year and he suggested that this may be payback time – and so it proved. We had full waterproofs for the trip out of Cleggan and needed them. In addition to the driving rain, we also had the remainder of the swell from Hurricane Bill. I lost my breakfast by the time we got to our first stop and despite John’s best efforts we could not find a sheltered fishing spot in deep water. Then the rain stopped and the sun came out, but the wind was blowing force 8 all afternoon. Eventually found a place in shallow water but only managed to catch dogfish. We still had a great day out although I had to save my lunch until we were driving home in the evening.
Peter and Iona stayed with us for the weekend – having delivered our order of wine from Majestic to keep us supplied for the next month or two - and between the frequent & heavy showers we managed the walk on Mullaghmore and they had a round of golf at Kilrush.