Today is Good Friday, and a glorious sunny day it is too. I decided not to stray too far from home, so set out for the famed Glasnevin Cemetery, which is nearby. It was set up in 1832 by Daniel…
Day 4 – the dreaded GNIB
Today I had the services of a Relocation Expert who was booked to help me with formal processes for the day. She collected me at 9.30 from the B & B and we went to get a Garda National Immigration…
Getting there (Pip)
I left New Zealand’s drought-afflicted shores on 6 April via Singapore Air. The flight was fine, no particular turbulence, and a very pleasant night’s sleep was had at the Transit Hotel at Changi Airport, which I warmly recommend as a…
The adventure has started
Yes, the advance guard (ie, Pip) has now landed in Dublin after a long trip from Auckland via Singapore and Heathrow. She has had a good night’s sleep and will spend Monday relaxing before starting her new job on Tuesday…
Welcome to our blog for Ireland and beyond!
This is a blog for Pip and Bruce Ferguson. The next major event for us is our departure for Ireland for three years, beginning in April/May 2014. No doubt this will take us out of our comfort zone but it will…
Quiet, quirky and quaint
We’re back in NZ, but still reflecting on our time in the UK. We came across a few things that, from our perspective, fitted the title of this particular blog. The ‘quiet’ was wandering around Stoke Newington with Kirsty one…
Highlights of Newcastle
We didn’t have long here – just enough time for our conference. Close by our hotel were the conference centre, known as the Sage, Gateshead, and the Millennium Bridge, which rises on a pivot motion to allow ships through on…
Photo Essay on Newington Green
Kirsty and Richard live in the leafy suburb of Newington Green. It is a very pleasant area indeed so I have made some collages of photos taken on our perambulations through the streets. First, there are the pubs of Newington…
Robin Hood’s Bay
A beautiful village tumbling down a cliff in East Yorkshire. Amongst all the beauty someone has driven a Mr Whippy van (see skinny photo), but otherwise, photographic heaven.
Flamborough, East Yorkshire
I have a friend, Dr Moira Laidlaw, who is working with me on a research project, and we wanted to visit while we were close by her home of Flamborough, about an hour and a quarter’s drive from York. So…