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We are excited and pleased to announce the automation of our online Business Directory for all businesses in County Wicklow using the trusted secure online payment system that is PayPal. At a hard-to-beat price of only €89 per annum (365 days from date of publishing) you can be sure your getting a great ROI (return on investment ) and value for money.

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If you have any queries, wish to add a new category or would prefer us to format your ad for you then just email us today on office@thewicklowway.ie.

Star-B-Q – NASA Scientist and Huge Telescope Prize At last, after another year of waiting and planning, Astronomy Irelands (AI) annual fundraising Star-B-Q takes place again in Roundwood, Co. Wicklow on Saturday August 30.

Star-B-Q is Ireland’s biggest annual Star Party with people coming from all around Ireland, so don’t be left out.

“How the Sun Affects Our Lives” is this year’s Keynote speech by Dr James McAteer who worked for NASA on the SoHO space telescope.

The talk will be informal and will cover Solar Flares, Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) with lots of movies and pictures from SoHO, STEREO, and Hinode.

This is your opportunity to see and see through some of the largest telescopes in the country AND for the first time ever, all attendees are entered into a free draw for a Celestron Nexstar 8SE worth nearly 1,500euro.

Other prizes on the night are a Celestron SkyScout Personal Planetarium and a year’s membership to Astronomy Ireland (total prizes worth over 2,000euro!).

You can book online at www.astronomy.ie/sbq or call (01) 847 0777 to save 20% of the gate price on the night. Proceeds help us to promote astronomy throughout the country.

Please bring all your friends and family and tell everyone you know. One of you will go home with a 1,500 Euro telescope!

Unfortuantley I wil be hosting my house warming party – Darnnit! So can someone let me know how they get on?

Sure woud love to hear about how it all goes.

Clear skies.,

Skippy & Roz

Lots of you are wondering how Skippys’ recovery is getting on.
Well he is now able to use hs leg albbeit a little wobbly sometimes but when he is taken out for his daily toilet breaks he seems to forget about his leg and wants to run off into the blue yonder. HOWEVER, we are following the vets very strict instructions and keeping him on a very short rein.

Indeed this evening we are considering taking the cone off his little head as long as he is in no danger of nibbling at his leg!! We’ll see.

He is of course as cheeky as ever and has emptied the bin on more than one occasion since his house arrest! He had to leave the cage as he
1: kept escaping and
2: was rubbing himself along the cage and thus keeping his leg wound very raw!
Whats a girl to do!!!!
Am hoping he will be well by the SUNNY weekend of 30th August for our house warming party.

Till then,
adieu

We headed out of Wicklow and down to Wexford today to check out the new cinema there and saw the matinee show of Wall-e. It was certainly one for global warming enthusiasts and you won’t want another cheeseburger after seeing the state of the humans!!

The new omniplex cinema in Wexford is on the Rosslare Road , Drinagh ( just after the Drinagh Court Hotel)

see www.omniplex.ie for details of film times or tel 0818 221 122

For wicklow cinema click here >>>

Be as famous as the stars and Get your Photo in the national papers with a picture of the moon eclipse this weekend !! Astronomy Ireland have told us that The Irish Independent want any photos you take of the Eclipse or people at the Watches. Please email to observe@astronomy.ie by 1pm Sunday.

The Full Moon of Saturday August 16th coincides with an almost Total Lunar Eclipse. The Moon will be partially eclipsed as it rises at about 8:30pm and mid-eclipse will occur at approximately 10:10pm when 80% of the Moon will be darkened by the Earth’s shadow. The show ends at 11:45pm.

Astronomy Ireland has organised no less than eight Eclipse Watches around the country, in counties: Carlow, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Limerick, Louth and Mayo. Further details, including details of venues are available at www.astronomy.ie/lunareclipse0808.html

See you there!

Skippers

So here’s the plan,

Myself and Christopher Stacey from Footfalls holidays are teaming up to walk the wicklow way in September. We’ll be focusing on the following segments of the well known wicklow way walk:

• Starting from Clonegal to Shillelagh ( 14.3 miles)
• Shillelagh to Tinahely (12.3 miles)
• Tinahely To Moyne (8.7 miles)
• Moyne to Glenmalure (13 miles)
• Glenmalure to Glendalough

So wish us luck as we get prepared – well, Christopher is always prepared but this is a first for yours truly!! Thats why I will be writing all about my experience on the Wicklow Way walk with photos to accompany it so that you can see for yourself what a beautiful county Wicklow is and how much the Wicklow Way has to Offer!

Till next time,

Roz

Lunar eclipse. Star watch, Understanding the Universe …

1) President of Royal Astronomical Society to explain Universe
On Monday next , August 11 at 8:00pm, Professor Michael Rowan-Roinson, will deliver a Public Summer Lecture “The Key to Understanding the Universe“. This lecture is presented in association with The Irish Times and an article by Dick Ahlstrom on the lecture and Prof. Rowan-Robinsonwill feature in today’s (Thursday 7th) Irish Times. Demand for tickets is already heavy and this extra publicity is sure to ensure a full house so book your ticket asap on www.astronomy.ie/lecture200808.html The venue is The Physics Building, Trinity College Dublin.
For everyone who cannot make it to the lecture in Dublin you can order a copy of the DVD for €7(plus P&P) at www.astronomy.ie/lectureDVD.html

2) Perseid Meteor Shower
The best meteor shower of the year peaks on Tuesday 12 August. David Grennan, the writer of the Sky Diary section of our magazine, Astronomy & Space has also written some excellent guidelines for meteor watching on www.astronomy.ie/perseids08/index.html We want you all to go outside to watch it and to please report your sightings in our Nationwide Watch.

3) Lunar Eclipse
The Full Moon of Saturday August 16th also coincides with an almost Total Lunar Eclipse. The Moon will be partially eclipsed as it rises and mid eclipse will occur at approximately 10:10pm. Astronomy Ireland has organised Eclipse Watches in Carlow, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Limerick and Mayo. Further details are available at www.astronomy.ie/lunareclipse0808.html and in the August “Eclipse Issue” of our magazine available for €5

a lot of our viewers have contacted us looking for information on local hill walking groups in Wicklow and sometimes Wexford. strangely enough it is surprisingly difficult to find groups that meet up regularly as most sites seem to be offering paid guided tours and holidays.. so we were thrilled to find that this link is an absolutely simple way of finding a walking group in your area. simply click on the link to see a map of Ireland, click on your area and a contact will come up.

Enjoy them there hills!!! And watch out for our big walk in september where we’ll be walking the popular wicklow way walking trail and putting it all up on our blog!
Here’s the link to the mountaineering council of Ireland (MCI) ‘find your nearest club’ page:
http://www.mountaineering.ie/nearestclub/index.asp

Till then
Skippy
x

Joanne Dickie welcomes you to her new cafe in Wicklow Town.

Sandwich Specialists Joes Place on The Market Square serves an interesting range of sandwiches from mexican style to Italian  with many others in between.

Take Away or Eat in – Organic Java Republic Coffee made to your liking by trained staff will ensure that your lunch visit or afternoon break is a pleasant one.

A fine range of vegetarian and freshly made salads offered daily with hot specials changing weekly.

Why not pop by today and say hi to Mathew, Katrina, Linda, Bronagh, Katie, Megan and Suzanne.

Skippy was rushed to UCD last week with a skin reaction to his bandage and so stayed in there for a week and came back home in time for the Bank Holiday Weekend. I was soo pleased to see him but oh gosh does he have much more requirments. He now has no bandage and needs to be kept in his cage 24/7.. very sad. and worse still he has to wear a big cone on his head to avoid licking his leg.. He is being a very brave little soldier but momma is gonna need a holiday after this…