Winter in Ireland

Well the winter has set in and the change is pretty noticeable. Yesterday was lovely, bright and sunny with plenty of blue skies, but today we were back to the rain and miserable cold. That is the way Irish weather can be....as they say...all four seasons in the one day sometimes. What can we expect...it is winter after all. My chauffeurdrive services are mainly about airport transfers and corporate runs at the moment. The tourists are few and far between and therefore there are not many people looking for a car and private driver. It is nice for me to be able to spend more time at home though and there are many things to catch up on after being absent so much during the touring season. It is the time of the year also when the early planners for next year start to make contact and i have a lot of work to do for them with developing plans and itineraries. I do find that exciting as my American friends can be so enthusiastic about their intended holiday and i love the way they get excitied about my presentations. There is a feel good factor in that and it keeps my appetite up for the coming year. If anybody out there wants to make enquiries into anything that i might be able to help them with please do not be shy about it and write to me.
We will not feel the time passing now before Christmas is upon us and that is always a big thing here in Ireland. The shops are already advertising their range of toys etc and it is hard to know just how that will go this year as the recession will surely have its effect. There will not be as much spare money available this year as in the recent past and people will have to be a lot more sensible. In many ways that will be no harm as it had all gone haywire with children just about demanding everything they see advertised on TV. Christmas is a very expensive time here in Ireland and with everybody taking extended holidays over the Christmas period there is just too much time for people to keep on spending. The after Christmas sales also attract people to spend more money and there has to be a limit to just how much is available this year. Hopefully we will all be a little more responsible and not go beyond our limits.
Your thoughts on how you view all of this would be welcome.