There are some Great Gigs Coming up in greystones, Wicklow over the next few weeks from those goodtime groovers at Greystones Theatre, check out the list below for a taste:

Hi all, Great new line up for the coming weeks including
The Raglans
Lisa O’Brien
The Duvets
The Jewelettes – Motown Show.
David Kitt
Simon and Garfunkel story
Neil Dellamere,
Mick Flannery
John Spillane
Codes
Adrian Crowley
And Lots More
Check out website www.greystonestheatre.com

Guided walk, Packed Lunch and Evening meal for country-minded Singles In Glendalough on September 26th.

HilltopTreks are proud to team up the Glendalough hotel to host another guided walk in on The Wicklow Way 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 3 -4  hrs with a break for lunch that’s provided followed by dinner in the highly-recommended Glendalough Hotel Restaurant.

Tickets cost €65

Price Includes

Guided walk with qualified guide

Lunch for walk

Evening  meal in the Glendalough Hotel  Restaurant.

Itinerary:

11.30 – meet at Glendalough Hotel for registration.

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.

6:30pm – meet in restaurant together in time for the Evening Meal.

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

Pet Friendly One Bed Wanted End Sept Long Term

Hey all!! After our success at finding our actor friend a place to stay for his role in the Tudors, The Wicklow Way has again been asked for help in finding a place for a lady with pets.

She is willing to house sit and is into photography so I am sure remoteness is unimportant! ( we have lots of that in Wicklow of course ha ha!!

If you think you can help her just email us in or leave a comment on this post     ( click the post title to see comment area) and we will pass the details on to her.

Hi Skippy & Roz- Hope you are well. I am looking for a 1 bed place for me and pets to live at end of September 09 for long let. Will consider caravan, mobile home, shed or other. I am photographer/writer/dog-sitter/house sitter. Can you help?

Roz and Skippythedog
Living Life The Wicklow Way

Space Inside Workshop

SPEAK UP!

Performance skills for poets and writers

A workshop with Performance Poet, Siobhan Mac Mahon, in association with Space Inside Arts, explores the skills you need to breathe life into your own words. A fun and enabling workshop promoting confidence in writers to read/perform their own work.

Siobhan draws from her drama training and her extensive experience of performing her own poetry to deliver this lively workshop. Bring along a piece/s of your writing and spend the session learning performance skills to do justice to your words at a reading.

Come prepared to move!

Date: Wed 7th October

Venue: Tinakilly House Hotel, Rathnew, Co. Wicklow

Time: 10am – 4pm

Cost: €45 (includes light lunch)

To reserve your place, contact Carol Boland on 0851138367 or email: spaceinside@hotmail.com

Muddy Matches August Event Last Chance for Tickets

If you have not yet bought your ticket for this Saturday’s event at Cork Races (22nd August), this is just to let you know that the ticket deadline is 9am on Thursday 20th August as that is when we need to let the venue know final numbers.

It looks set to be a great day out, so we really hope you can join us!

Event Information:

Tickets cost 80 Euros (£70) and include premium-level admission, your race card, lunch, a private room (with full cash bar, tote facilities and viewing balcony overlooking the track) and a week’s post-event subscription to Muddy Matches.

*Unfortunately, we cannot accept online payments using laser cards. If you cannot pay online, please get in touch with us at events@muddymatches.co.uk , or on +44(0)1933 311500.

For more information and online bookings, please click here .

Hope to see you there!

The Muddy Matches Team

Website: www.muddymatches.co.uk

WORKSHOP: Using Homeopathic Remedies for people with flu-type symptoms

If you feel it would be helpful to have a kit of specific Homeopathic flu Remedies for use at home and clear guidance on which to use for each combination of flu symptoms, then this workshop is for you.

Part 1: Instruction on using Homeopathy at Home, when to prescribe and when to wait
Part 2 : Full details on 15 flu remedies and indicators for use

A 2 evening workshop Tues 8th September (part 1) and Wed 9th September (part 2) 7pm-930pm

A kit of specific flu remedies will be available for those who wish to have the remedies at home .   Backup assistance is also provided by appointment, telephone or via our Drop-In Clinic on Greystones main street (opposite the Happy Pear).

Listening to public concerns about potential widespread flu led me to prepare this workshop.  Homeopathy has been used with much success in influenza and other epidemics for 200 years.  It was used significantly in the 1918 global flu pandemic. Today Homeopaths worldwide are actively sharing updated information about which remedies are assisting people with flu symptoms.

Homeopathy is system of medicine that uses natural substances to stimulate the body’s own healing ability. It can be used alone or in conjunction with other medication.

Contact Suzi 087 6560116/suzi@wicklowhomeopathy.com
www.wicklowhomeopathy.com

Wicklow Business Directory and Online Advertising

Get top of Google with the wicklow way business directory advertising options

Roz and Skippys Wicklow Recession Busting Advertising Rates on

www.thewicklowway.ie = wicklow blog

www.wicklowway.ie = wicklow information portal

www.thewicklowway.com  = wicklow business directory

www.wicklowtourism.ie = wicklow information portal

Here at The Wicklow Way we strive to stay on top of latest technical online developments to help our clients stay ahead of the rest.

We have just finalised our 2010 advertising rates which offer an array of options to suit every kind of business be it tourism related, business to business or educational.. whatever your business or club needs to advertise, we can cater for it here at the wicklow way group  of websites.

For more information and samples visit our rates page here >>

Our websites come up on page one of Google for a wealth of wicklow terms and phrases including:

• christmas parties wicklow
• xmas parties wicklow
• wicklow news
• accommodation in wicklow
• places to eat wicklow
• wicklow walks
• wicklow business
• wicklow business directory
• things to do wicklow
• wicklow arts
• festivals in wicklow
• dole wicklow
• wicklow tourism
• wicklow way
• house swap wicklow

and that’s just a few..

If your interested in taking out a BANNER AD here on the online information portal or on our  blog or again on either of our business directory: www.thewicklowway.com then contact us at office@thewicklowway.ie

Roz and Skippy

xxLiving Life The Wicklow Way and Fighting The Recession Full On!

great review from Tom Doorley Today

Woof! Nice to see bates Restaurant rathdrum featured in the Irish times today. Tom Doorley paid a visit there recently and has written how much he enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere and friendly service not to mention the spiffing food!

As any of our regulars know I just love to wolf down some Bates Dinner whenever I get the chance and chef Marino Monterisi has been more than obliging in giving my human a few tasty morsels to get my nose stuck into on more than one occasion.( see below heh heh)

go bates. ps. give a dog a bone eh?

xx skippythedog

Hey all. Skippythe dog here!

My human roz has been doing my work for far too long now ( hear hear ~ roz)  as I was recovering from my accident, however, now I am back with a woofgence and have decided to start a featured wicklow location every week.

So this week we are featuring the ever popular Glendalough!:

Glendalough-Glen Dha Loch – (glen of two lakes) Wicklow
Woof!- Visiting Glendalough, Wicklow:
Glendalough (meaning glen of two lakes)- often mispelt glendaloch is part of the Wicklow Mountains National Park and is the most visited part of that park.

Its’ main attractions are the stunning scenery of this glacial valley and the monastic site of St Kevin which rests here. Many tourists find it hard to spell usually coming out with something like glendarlok! And who can blame them?

Accommodation in the area is plentiful with a well run hostel, hotels, b&b’s and guesthouses all catering to the needs of the many tourists and visitors who flock to this attraction throughout the year.
There is a bustling Farmers Market held in the car park of the Brockagh resource centre (Laragh) every 2nd Sunday
read more >>>

Brockagh Resource Centre Laragh / Glendalough Upcoming Events Include:

Saturday 15th August                          Yoga Walk in Glendalough 11am
Saturday 15th August                    Saturday Night Dance Night with the Wicklow Man 10pm til late

Thursday 20th August                    Open evening for JEB Teachers Diploma Course 7pm (IT)

Sunday 23rd August                       Extra Car Boot Sale 11am til 4pm (Vans must be booked in)

Saturday 29th August                 Saturday Night Dance Night with Billy Kirwan 9.30pm til late

Sunday 6th September                  Car Boot Sale – 11am til 4pm (Vans must be booked in)

Saturday 12th September             Angel Workshop 11am til 5pm

Sunday 13th September                Local Artists Exhibition (during Country Market) 12 noon until 6pm

Sunday 13th September                Country Market & Craft Fair 12noon til 6pm

Saturday 26th September             Dance Night with Brian McDermott 9.30pm til late

Brockagh Resource Centre
Laragh, Glendalough, Co. Wicklow.
Phone: 0404-45600 / 45611    Fax: 0404-45664
Email: brockaghresourcecentre@eircom.net www. brockaghresourcecentre.ie

Yoga Walk in Glendalough Saturday August 15^th

Meet at the Brockagh Centre and Glendalough @11am

The Yoga Walk day is for anybody interested in getting out in the fresh air, going for a walk in the Wicklow area and also trying some yoga.  The Day will involve a yoga session in the morning at 11:00  (No yoga experience is required).

The Yoga session will warm you up, stretch your muscles and have you ready for the walk ahead.  After the yoga we then go for a walk in the Glendalough area.

The walk will be about 2 -3 hrs long, ideally up around the lakes in Glendalough and led by a walking guide.

There will also be a break on the walk for some lunch and many chances to take in the wonderful surroundings.The walk will be kept at a pace to suit everyone to keep it as enjoyable as possible.

Places are limited so booking is required.

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

Local Access Problems in Carnew

Sorry to hear about the problems with access and so on that unfortunately have deprived Carnew of one of the best local eating experiences that was coming their way in the form of Ginger Catering.com!!

Best of luck with the next venture and in the meantime we will see you for yummy mexican tortilla, carvery, chicken fillet burgers to die for ( mmmmphhh  – what diet?) and more at Oscars 64 Gorey !

lovin the food the wicklow way
Roz and Skippythedoge
xx

An email form Lucy and Emma at muddy matches says:

As you probably know, we are hosting a social event at Cork Races on Saturday 22^nd August. With just over two weeks to go, tickets have been selling well and we have got a great group of people coming from up and down the country to join us for all the excitement, colour and craic that is a day at the races in Ireland.  However, we do still need a few more girls in their 20s and 30s to complement the group of people booked so far.  If you fit the bill and fancy a fun day out, please do come and join us.

Event Information:

Tickets cost £70 (or 80 Euros) and include premium-level admission, your race card, lunch, a private room (with full cash bar, tote facilities and viewing balcony overlooking the track) and a week’s post-event subscription to Muddy Matches.

*Unfortunately, we cannot accept online payments using laser cards.  If you cannot pay online, you can send a personal cheque in Euros, a sterling money order, a sterling bankers draft or a postal order (must be payable in the UK) to Muddy Matches Ltd, Manor Close, Podington, Nr Wellingborough, Northants, NN29 7HP, United Kingdom.

For more information and bookings, please click here.

Hope to see you there!

So go on girlies- make a fun day of it and wear your best frock!!

Roz and Skippy the dog
Living Life The Wicklow Way

Avoca Market, Wicklow Saturday August 29th

The Avoca Market is an indoor market that takes place on the last Saturday of every month in the Avoca Community Hall, Wicklow.

Stalls include Homebaking, Wooden Toys & Mirrors, Handmade Jewellery, Organic Fruit & Veg, Fresh Cut Flowers & Plants, Health Foods, Brik a Brak and so much more.

The next market for Avoca to Saturday August 29th , 12-4pm, Avoca Community Hall, Avoca, Wicklow.

If anyone would like a stall please contact Nicola on 0868322530

The Lodge Carnew ReOpens this Friday

Popular Gorey Chef Vinnie Kelly who runs www.gingercatering.com and has ran the successful food franchise at Oscars on Goreys main street for the last few years is now branching out into Carnew with the franchising of The Lodge Carnew.

It’s always great to have more great places to eat in Wicklow for both pub grub and restaurant fare and The Lodge Carnew promises to be just that if Ginger Caterings past is anything to go by. Check out their website here and see what Paolo Tullio had to say >>> www.gingercatering.com

If you like tasty food in a relaxed atmosphere and feel like going out this Friday evening  7th August then why not pop by for the launch at 9.30pm and have a taste of this catering companies fine food!!

Everytime we are in Gorey we pop by for lunch and look forward to visiting The Lodge in Carnew on Friday.

See you there!!

Roz and Skippy
Living Life The Wicklow Way

Popular BBC Programme ” Coast” features Wicklow Head and Bray Head

We were delighted to see Wicklow featured on the BBC Programme ” Coast” tonight. They followed irelands Coastline from Cork up to Dublin passing thru the Wexford Slobs ( well recommended for a family day out) and onto Wicklow Head. Wicklow Head is home to many species of bird including nesting kittywakes, gulls, pergrine falcons and much more. There is even a naturally carved stone “chair” that yours truly likes to sit in and reflect overlooking the magnificent view of the sea below.

COAST also visited Bray head and featured the ” hell of a ride” that is the railway journey around the head on the DART. Bray head is home to an interesting historic tale of engineering genius!!

For more details on the COAST programme and to obtain a booklet on how to explore your local coast in an adventurous and fun visit www.bbb.co.uk/coast

Summer Special :: Wicklow Advertising Offer!!

Here at The Wicklow Way Group we have some super summer advertising offers to boost YOUR business. With banner adverts featuring on all 3 of our sites you cannot afford not to!

Contact us today and one of our sales people will be delighted to go through these very special recession busting advertising rates!

email us: office@thewicklowway.ie

www.thewicklowway.ie = our Wicklow blog

www.thewicklowway.com = our Wicklow business directory

www.wicklowtourism.ie = our Wicklow tourism directory

Dont forget the wicklow way walk in september with hilltop treks

your s truly will be going and writign all about it on the blog! The walk is broken up into stages over 2 days Sat and Sun during the weekends in Sept.

If you wish to stay over on the Saturday of the walk suggested accommodation will be provided and your luggage will be forwarded for you.

details >>

For more information and booking contact Terry: 0877849599 Info@HilltopTreks.ie

Or visit the website http://www.hilltoptreks.ie/walk_wicklowoneday.htm

Art exhibition Brockagh Centre Laragh 13th Sept

Art exhibition by local female artists (13th Sept )F

our local artists from Laragh will hold their first public art exhibition in the Brockagh Centre Laragh. The artist, Hazel McCoy, Jessica Fahy, Margaret Holden and Deborah McCoy, will showcase a number of works which feature an eclectic mix of styles, specialities and media including oils, pastels, pen and watercolours.

for more details visit: www.brockaghresourcecentre.ie

Muddy Singles Event to Set Pulses Racing at Mallow

The team behind Muddy Matches, the online dating site for country-minded or ‘muddy’ people, are to host a singles event at Cork Racecourse.

Mŭ´dd|ў adj. any person who loves the countryside and is not afraid of a bit of mud.

The event will take place from 1.30pm on Saturday 22^nd August 2009 at Cork Racecourse, Mallow and will see a wide range of single country people coming together from across the country to enjoy a good day out at the races and see if they hit it off.

Tickets cost €80 and include premium-level admission, race card, lunch, a private room (with full cash bar, tote facilities and viewing balcony overlooking the track) and a week’s subscription to Muddy Matches.

“The idea behind our muddy singles events”, says company co-founder Lucy Reeves, “is to give single country-minded people an opportunity to meet each other in more relaxed environments whilst safe in the knowledge that, being a ‘muddy’ event, they will automatically have something in common with the other guests.”

Lucy and her sister Emma launched the website in the UK in 2007, opening their doors to Irish members in the summer of 2008.  They have already hosted a number of events in Ireland this year, including a guided walk and dinner in the Glendalough region and a charity speed dating night in Borris, Co. Carlow.

Tickets and Information

For more information and bookings, please go to www.muddymatches.co.uk/events.