Archive for November, 2024

Last weekend I drove up to Mullagh in County Cavan to tick off my “E” in parkruns. It’s a beautiful part of the world. It doesn’t have the dramatic mountains of Wicklow or the west, but lovely countryside filled with trees, rivers and fields. And people: I had a lovely welcome. Thank you to all of the volunteers who made the event happen.

The course itself is four laps in a figure of eight around the park. It terms of lapping sports fields it was lovely as here were bridges, ponds, streams and lovely buildings surrounding the park.

The Irish Granny’s Pocket Farmhouse Potato Recipes is a pocket recipe book with a tonne of different potato-based recipes. Soups, salads, pies, bakes, curries, casseroles, sides and more is all covered. It’s impressive just how many things can be made of potato. Well worth a read.

We went out for a club meal after the marathon.

We booked out the entire restaurant and it was somewhat overwhelmed: it took two hours for my main to come out. Not ideal after a marathon! But it was a wonderful opportunity to catch up with people and celebrate our achievement so well worth attending. Thank you to Gerry and the team for organising!