Gathering of the Clan !

During the summer of ‘The Gathering’ we all realised that not everyone could get to Ireland, so my cousin David and others had organised our own ‘Gathering’… at the Whittington Heath Golf Club in Staffordshire http://www.whittingtonheathgc.co.uk/Default.aspx

and here we are…What a wonderful day, where we even had some of our own Irish Dancing..  Great Day, and so lovely to meet all my cousins again !

 

To top it all…. my daughter Anna arrived the next day, along with her husband Gavin took me for lunch… to announce that … another Grandchild was on the way !!

Its going to be a busy 2014 !

Time for a Change…

I’d had a fleeting visit to Cannock Chase in Staffordshire…and finally decided to ‘retire’ the mountain bike… after I’d smashed all the chain and gearing on some rocks… at least it wasn’t me !

So, after a few visits to the shops… I was persuaded to buy a posh new ‘steed’ , and was soon out testing it on the hills over to Edale and back…amazing what a difference a new bike….seems to make !