Chauffeurdrive Vacations in Ireland

Monica, the lucky winner of the Charity draw, being presented with he hamper.

Singing Christmas carols for my retirement home friends.

Yes....this is where i was this afternoon....entertaining my many friends in one of the retirement homes i visit. They are such a pleasant and fun group to play for and i know that they really appreciate the music. The top photo shows Monica, one of the residents, receiving her hamper.What a lovely lady she is. She emigrated to England from Connemara at the age of sixteen and did not have a word of English at the time. She learned her English at night school and, with the help of her first employers, went on to be a trainee nurse and finally a fully qualified nurse. I was asked to draw the winning ticket today and i could not have picked a nicer winner. What made it even nicer was the fact that she said she had never won anything in a raffle before.
The cold weather continues here and is set to stay that way until the 26th. We have experienced the worst and longest cold spell on record in December with temperatures as low as -17 degrees. For Ireland that is bad. Fortunately for us here in the area where i live we avoided much snow so our roads have been passable. The big problem has been frozen and bursting pipes. In other parts of the country the roads have been deadly and traffic delays have been a huge problem. Dublin airport has experienced a lot of problems also but Shannon has been good.
Christmas is almost upon us and i look forward to spending Christmas day with all the family (those members who are at home here in Ireland that is). I may get to Blog again before Christmas but if i do not then i wish you all a happy and peaceful Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

Dave