Greystones shows Withnail and I Tonite

Argh, I have not been feeling well and thus am only realising this now- the classic movie that is Withnail and I ( y’know it came with the sunday papers last week) is being shown in a lively atmosphere with fellowminded felows (lol) at greystones theatre TONITE!!Oh how my mate Dave would LOVE THIS!!

So if you can get yourself down to greystones I highly recommend it as its sure to be a great night full of interesting characters!! ( yes you can wear your old trenchcoat – ah the memories…)

Greystones Theatre This Weekend:

• Friday 26th – We’ll be doing a classic film night – ‘Withnail And I’ & live music from 8pm 5euro, all welcome.

• Saturday 27th – UFO vs Bob Marley and The Wailers, Doors from 9pm 10euro.

• Sunday 28th – Charity Gig featuring Enemies, Chewing On Tin Foil, The Blind, Forced Out and Young Wolves, All ages welcome, 5euro 4pm

  For more info check their website on www.greystonestheatre.com

Tell them we sent ya!

Roz and Skippythedog
Living Life the wicklow way

Bates Restaurant New Menus Available

Hey folks, as you know we love the food at bates restaurant in rathdrum co wicklow. And with this balmy weather I can think of no other place to be smelling the smells of good food , listening to the laughter and clink of good wine being enjoyed!

So just to let you know that Marino and the boys have come up with even more ideas to ensure that everyone can avail of their fine food with the introduction of a sunday night special menu and also a midweek special value menu.

As they say:

On Sunday night we have a new Sunday night menu which is the same price as the early bird and this runs all night €19.50 for two courses & €24.50 for three courses, in combination with the Sunday night bargains menu
Click here for more details >>>

New Midweek Value Menu

We also like to introduce the new value menu which will run: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursays all night at the same price as the early bird menu.
Click here for more details >>>

So go treat yourself or someone you care for with a wonderful evening at bates rathdrum! Tell them we sent ya!

Roz and skippythedog
Living Life The Wicklow Way

Walk in Glendalough and Dinner this weekend

Don’t forget the hilltop treks singles walk takes place this weekend- you can join the group of self minded individuals for a beautiful and healthy walk round Glendalough and then relax and get acquainted over dinner at the glendalough hotel.

For details see previous post here >>>

gorey dog show pics

For dog lovers everywhere!! Skippy won 2 rosettes and got 3 certificates. he was in the small dog category, dog most likely to be taken home ( rosette) and dog walked by a child ( rosette).

Thanks leah for all your help. there was lots of stuff to see and do inc cool falconry and hi to sean who came over to us when he recognised skippy!

A few photos of the day:

Gorey Show today in Ballycanew Gorey

Just a quick note to tell you all that the Gorey show is on in Ballycanew today so if yoru lookign for something to do here’s yoru answer! The fields are marked with lots of flags and it wil be fairly busy i imagine, its located just before Ballycanew village on the old wexford road ( exit 23 of N11, follow signs for ballycanew) and there will be horses, farm animals, birds of prey, tractors, and oh lots of stuff.

A great family day out and skippy is gonna enter the dog show! we will try to video it for you all. Food will be provided by Vinnie of www.gingercatering.com yum yum!!

So if everyone could just chant- “sun sun please come out” that would be greeeat!

Gorey Show
Ballycanew
11am- 5pm
Today – Sat  21 June 2009

The Wizard of Oz at Greystones Theatre

Greystones theatre opened with their wizard of oz production this weekend so get yrou tickets and go support local actors and musicians who have all put so much effort inot making this production a success. As they say themselves:

Another three nights to go, so if you didn’t get to the first show, make sure you don’t miss one of the upcoming nights of The Wiz. We are going the full run of the weekend with this show. Friday, Saturday and Sunday night. The cast are fabulous from young to old, they aim to entertain and entertain they most certainly do. Come witness Lion, Tin-Man, Scarecrow and of course our very own Dorothy find their way to happiness in this show full of belting numbers, great one-liners and and oh so energetic atmosphere which will have you bopping in your seats.

visit www.greystonestheatre.com for more details and tickets…

Outdoor music festival Knockanstockan, Blessington Wicklow this summer

This summer sees a variety of homegrown music acts playing in wicklow by Blessington lakes. Including such Irish bands as The Mighty Stef- ( seen him in the sugar club many moons ago – he’s great! ), Sickboy and The Hot Sprockets to name a few on the weekend of July 24-26.  if the weather is good this wil be a weekend to remember for sure all in beautiful surroundings and only a short drive from Dublin.

so thats:

Knockanstockan festival
24-26 July 2009
Blessington lakes
Wicklow

For more details and to keep updated visit the festival; website at www.knockanstockan.ie

Singles walk Glendalough, Co. Wicklow-27 June

Hilltop treks are holding another singles walk in glendalough on sat 27 june.

Walking is a fantastic way to meet people in a more relaxed and enjoyable environment. We are delighted to be able to invite you along for another guided walk in the stunning Glendalough region of the Wicklow Mountains National Park followed by dinner in the highly-recommended Glendalough Hotel.

Tickets cost €56

Price Includes

• Guided walk with qualified guide
• Lunch for walk
• Evening Meal in the Glendalough Hotel.

Hilltop treks: www.hilltoptreks.ie

Celebrate James Joyce

Our Friends At The Pavilion theatre – just a 30 min drive from wicklow, have sent us an update on their upcoming productions in celebration of James Joyce and Blooms day see below:

Cove Productions in association with Focus Theatre presents
THE TOWER by Joe Joyce
Starring Tom Hickey as James Joyce
and Bosco Hogan as Oliver St. John Gogarty

Joyce and Gogarty were close friends in the year leading up to Joyce’s departure from Dublin into self-imposed exile in 1904. The friendship disintegrated into long-term enmity after a celebrated falling out in the Martello Tower in Sandycove which involved a nightmarish black panther and a real gun and formed the backdrop to the opening chapter of Ulysses.

The Tower brings them back to Sandycove in the present day, as they look back on their friendship, their art, and their lives with humour, insight – and more than a century of hindsight. This production was a sell out success in Bewley’s Café Theatre last summer.

“Elegant, well-observed, genuinely witty, and above all, intelligent. . . . an offering of quite extraordinary quality.”
- Emer O’Kelly, Sunday Independent

Mon 15th – Fri 19th June @ 1pm
Tickets  e14 (incl. free sandwich)
Booking: 01 231 2929 Online booking @ http://www.paviliontheatre.ie/EventDetails.aspx?ID=2&Event=678

Also Special Bloomsday lunch menu available from Mon 15th to Fri 19th June only from Royal Marine Hotel. For reservations & further information contact 01 230 0030

80’s party this Saturday in Greystones Theatre Wicklow

The guys at greystones theatre, Greystones  Wicklow, are holding an eighties party night this saturday so get your glad rags on and dress up like bananarama, cyndi lauper, duran duran, tears for fears, michael jackson, madonna a la 80’s , wham, spandau ballet, owen paul( he was bloody cute alright!), Alison Moyet, kajagoogoo or whomever gets your fancy!

Check it out:

On SATURDAY – We’re asking you to get on your legwarmers, back comb your hair and get your asses down here for our 80’s live band TILL DEATH DO US PARTY. Doors at 8.30pm 10euro entry.

For more see www.greystonestheatre.com

Desperately wish I could go as love love love the 80’s ( madonna child) but am gonna see Leah do her cool dance routine in Wexford ! Go Girl!!! xxxx

Have a dance and get into the groove for me!

Roz and Skippythedog
Living Life The Robotic 80’s  Way

Full Moon Wicklow walk Pics

Stephen Marsh was the photographer on our recent full moon walk in Glendalough with Hilltoptreks.ie.

They have posted pics of the evening up on flickr which you can view here.  They give a great overall sense of the atmosphere and the journey. Hilltop treks organise many walks in daytime and evenings including the popular yoga walks where you do yoga in the morning ( usually in the Brockagh resource centre) and then head to the hills as such in nearby beautiful glendalough – one of Irelands biggest tourist attractions.

Check out their photos on flickr here >>>

Their website here: www.hilltoptreks.ie

and again they are holding a singles walk next week or so – click here for details >>>

can’t wait for the camping trip guys…

Roz and Skippythedog
Living Life The Wicklow Way

Glendalough Market and Craft Fair

Brockagh resource centre in Laragh Glendalough

next market and craft fair to browse and enjoy takes place on:

Sunday 14th June 11am til 4pm – 2nd Sunday  (every month)

A friend of ours has asked for a little help in finding  a possible tenant for the following near Gorey Wexford:

Hi, I am sending out ‘feelers ‘ to see if any one would be interested in renting a chalet type building with enough land around it to grow your own veg. Min lease a year.

The chalet is not yet erected and will only be dependant on interest so I guess you would have to be able to wait for at least a month for it to be built!

The location is very nice, quiet area so you will need a car , but there is parking and the gorgeous sandy beach of morriscastle is only a 10 min drive. gorey town is also 10 min and wexford town is 30 min drive.

You would be better off if you like dogs as, besides my little fella, there are 2 other dogs that live on the road and like to pop by for a visit – they are friendly dogs.

Basically I am looking to do something with this half acre area that can create income and thus I am also open to suggestions. so maybe someone out there is looking to rent ( for eg) a place to play piano/ paint/ whatever… lets talk…

note re wheelchair access- as the place has yet to be erected this could be planned out no prob.

re internet- i have satellite internet and thus you should be able to get wireless from it too. also (dependant on feedback)I am looking into requirements for ehb allowance as I have nothing against it personally so do mail and i will update with any news.

would really suit any age person who is into gardening, dogs, countryside living…

Email us here at office@thewicklowway.ie or fill in our form ( if your in a net cafe) here if your interested or indeed if you have any suggestions as to what he could do.

Roz and Skippythedog

Living Life The Wicklow Way
Beating the Recession!

Guided walk and dinner for country-minded singles Glendalough June 27th

The guys who brought you the wonderful Full Moon Walks (hilltop treks) are organising a singles walk in Glendalough Wicklow in 2 weeks, These are always relaxed and fun and def worth signing up for if you find yourself lonely, bored or just fancy getting out in the air and meeting people while your at it – and who knows !!!!

I will pass it over to Terry here:

HilltopTreks are proud to team up the Glendalough Hotel to host another guided walk in The Wicklow Mountains National Park for singles. These walks are organised with single people in mind who enjoy the great outdoors and walking.
Walking is an activity that can provide an excellent, fun and informal way to meet new people.

The walk will be an easy type walk at any easy pace for 2 -3 hrs with a break for lunch that’s provided followed by dinner in the highly-recommended Glendalough Hotel.

Tickets cost €56
Price Includes
Guided walk with qualified guide
Lunch for walk
Evening  meal in the Glendalough Hotel.

Itinerary:
11.30 – meet at hotel and head off walking
1.30 – stop for lunch (half an hour, 45 minutes – good views and photos)
4ish – return from the walk, time to freshen up if people want or just relax.
6pm – meet in bar and then head off to restaurant together in time for:
7pm dinner

If you are interested you can ring Terry on 087-7849599, e-mail info@hilltoptreks.ie or visit www.Hilltoptreks.ie for more information

If you wish to book and have difficulty using paypal you can book by postal order or cheque made payable to Hilltoptreks Ltd.
And post it to
Hilltoptreks,
17 Dodder Lawn,
Dodder Valley Park,
Firhouse D24.

Places are limited so booking is required.

See you there perhaps!

Roz and Skippythedog
Living Life The Wicklow Way

Skippy the dog thanks his Wicklow Pet Minder

“Thaaanks for a lovely Saturday whilst my human was off visiting her sister who was dj-ing at the very interesting community project that is www.seomraspraoi.org.

I had a great time and it was great to see Snipe, thanks for the treats and the walk and the swimming!!  Am looking forward to Snipes’ sleepover at mine in July! ”

Skippythedog
xx
Living Life The Wicklow Way

Walk in Glendalough great fun

So Skippy and myself headed off last night to Glendalough visitor centre in Wicklow which was the meeting point for the full moon walk organised by Terry and the boys at hilltop treks. Thankfully, unlike todays horrid weather, it was a nice night with enough of a breeze to keep the sweat off.

At least thats’ what we thought until about halfway up the mountain when yours truly discovered how hot she was getting. Upon the advice of James King the sweeper ( stays at the backto ensure no-one gets left behind) I cut down my layers of clothing as otherwise I was prone to catching a chill whenever we stopped for a break.

I got chatting to lots of the people, there were about 25 people in total, some from Wicklow, some from Dubllin, some from France, some knew each other, some came alone, but by the time we had our break overlooking the upper Glendalough lake everyone was relaxed and chatting casually.

3 dogs accompanied us on our Wicklow Walking trip, Skippy, Sparky and Lizzie. The less about Sparkys dash for freedom the better methinks!!

Hilariously I met folks that I knew from my teenage years which was a bit of a laugh and all in all everyone had a great time. James was telling me that Terry and the lads are thinking of organising a wicklow camping trip. If so heres your first booking guys!!

Highly recommended walks with www.hilltoptreks.com.

Photos coming soon courtesy of Terry and his photographer – whose name i have yet to get but I will of course!  In the meantime here’s what I managed to take before my battery died!

Roz and Skippythedog

Living Life The Wicklow Way

The Park Restaurant Arklow Review

Located directly beside the carpark in Arklow that is situated opposite the Arklow dole office / garda station etc sits the impressive and inviting looking  Restaurant that is The Park.

Myself and a friend finally got a chance to check it out for lunch the other day and boy oh boy are we glad we did! Anyone who reguarly reads our blog will know how much I adore food and the use of interesting tastes and blends etc. ( well with 2 chefs in the family its not surprising I guess) .

Anyway we literally were in and out as had a busy day but from the moment we walked in to The Park an air of calm decended upon us.

We sat ( having been offered a few choice tables)  in the wonderfully muted and cooling room (HOT day!) that is the restaurant and were immediately offered a drink of our choice or perhaps just water?

Which is always nice as some folks feel awkward asking for regular water.

The menu had a fine range of light and savoury sandwiches ( the fancy kind) salads, stir fry type dishes to offer and myself and my mate both opted for the sizzling beef with pakchoi and stir fried veg  and shared a bowl of homecut chips- Forgive me if the exact ingredients are incorrect as I was in a slight hurry but it was truly GORGEOUS food!!  Beautiful zings of lemon and honey and neither too little or too much on the plate.

Maybe its a girl thing but the state of a restaurants’ toilet facitlites really matter to me ( and pubs – oh some pub toilets are sooo bad in Wicklow!!) and I am pleased to report that they are clean and pleasant in The Park Restaurant.

I just had a small cappucino afterwards which was very nice too and then unfortunatley we had to zoom on to our next port of call!

Being located literally by the car park is very convenient for meeting up with friends and we will definately be back again. Highly recommended for a nice lunch.

Total cost approx 27 euro altogether.  A bit pricey maybe for lunch but very very tasty and worth it – I had been thinking about that dish for 2 days afterwards! honestly.

The Park Restaurant,
Fenbyrne House,
Castlepark,
Arklow,
Co.Wicklow.

Opening Hours:
Breakfast 10am to 12pm Tuesday to Saturday
Lunch 12pm to 6pm Tuesday to Saturday
Dinner 6.30pm to 9.30pm Thursday to Saturday

T: 0402 23894, E: info@theparkrestaurant.ie W: www.theparkrestaurant.ie

Dont forget the Full Moon Tomorrow Night Fri June 5th.   Price €25

Meeting in Glendalough Wicklow for a nice not too fast paced 2/3 hour walk with guide Terry from Hilltop Treks. Skippy and myself will be there and we are hoping that the rain ( well it IS Ireland!)keeps off.

Click here for detailed thread >>>

If interested you can ring Terry on 087-7849599 e-mail info@hilltoptreks.ie or visit www.Hilltoptreks.ie for more information

Wicklow Reg Convertible For Sale

Ever dreamt of cruising down the M50 with the top down and your leg resting with nothing to do but tap along to the music blaring from the stereo?… well now your dreams can become reality!!

The Wicklow Ways close friend is selling their gorgeous Toyota Convertible. In a  super red colour this car is Automatic and NCT passed until next year.

Yours truly has enjoyed driving it to the west once and it was THE best fun ever!!

Details of the car:

• Red Toyota Convertible
• 1990 WW reg
• Electric Hood
• Automatic ( its really easy  to drive- total relaxation!!)
• 2 litre engine
• Collectors car
• NCT passed till March 2010
• Asking Price: €8000

If your interested in viewing the car or contacting the seller directly then just email us here office@thewicklowway.ie and we will pass on your details

Wicklow Hostel Volunteers Update

Just a quick update from the Wicklow Hostel who are looking for volunteers to help them complete the project this summer:

Hi Folks,

Just to let you know that we have 26 Wwoofers confirmed this summer to help us build our earthship wall. We’ve moved the build forward to start at the end of June and we expect this build to carry on till August. There is still room left for more Wwoofers so please contact us if you wish to be in on the craic!. There is a festival in our nearby town “The Tinahely Fair” on on the 3rd of August so if your interested try and time your stay around this as this is an event not to be missed! Places are now limited so drop us an email quick or check out our website & blog for details on : www.wicklowhostel.ie

Thanks

Alison