Is it finally over?

We are leaving this morning for Stranraer and the ferry to Belfast - thankfully booked last week and unaffected by the clouds of volcanic ash which has caused so much disruption this week. Have to pack up the car again for the last time and hope to be back in Moyhill on Wednesday afternoon. Even remembered to order heating oil although we have been very lucky with the weather since we got back and the forecast is promising more fine weather for the next week or so.

Have had a great time in the last week or so catching up with friends and family: a memorable night out in Edinburgh -although somewhat hazy due to excessive amounts of alcohol; driving along the side of Loch Lomond - with sun sparkling on the few remaining snow patches on Ben Lomond - and then through Glen Lochy on a clear bright afternoon on our way to Seil; and helping Brian with his lambing for a day - 4 more lambs to add to the 39 already born.

Guess that really is the end of the holiday. Time to get back to normality and start working on all the projects that we have been talking about for the last few months. Still have to organise our broadband access at Moyhill, so we may have to rely on the library at Ennistymon for internet access again for the next week or so.

With neither TV nor internet, we will - thankfully - miss the rest of the general election campaign in the UK. Based on the current polls, it looks like Nick Clegg will win 'Britain's Got talent' while Simon Cowell and Louie Walsh fight it out for the job of Prime Minister. I was going to vote for Arsene Wenger but after Sunday's performance against Wigan I'll have to think again.