How to end the week well

Underwater summary of the week

Found in newfie, a natural smiley...

Well, it has been a great week, with the escapes to the beach Tuesday and Wednesday. I was back in town Thursday night, with the usual concert in Bourkes. This time it was Rarely Seen Above Ground ( R.S.A.G. ).
A brilliant artist drummer, I was quite surprised by the performance in a very good way.

leaflet Bourkes

RSAG in Bourkes

Friday, was quiet at home, watching TV and chatting on FB. A bit of rest before having a rugby day, watching the French league, with a worrying prestation from ASM - hopefully it will be better next weekend - then heading saturday night to Thomond Park for the Munster-Leinster game. Not a great rugby game infairness but the ambience in Thomond is always good, even if the boys in blue managed to calm down the public.

Munster pre-game mascot

Sunday morning brought by the sun, which was perfect for a nice spin to Kilkee. A full good hour snorkel, a nice hot chocolate cake and small catch up with the diving buddies....

Anemone in Newfie

Under ....

Checking out the divers down below....

Me

Nice hot chocolate cake

In summary: good music, good company, the sun, the sea, some rugby game... what else can you ask for.

Snorkel under the sunset

Another sunny day in Ireland, as a result I went for a short snorkel in WhiteStrand near Miltown Malbay (Co Clare) after work. Ended meeting the Burren SubAqua club on a small testing gear dive.

Ready to go in the water.... at least my fins are

Emerging from the not so deep

Great visibility and color - under water

Another nice sunset ....

Perfect Day...

Irish sunset on the beach

It seems Irish summer has come early upon us, as a result I decided to leave work early and enjoy the waves of the Clare coast... well that was the initial plan... Nevertheless it feels good to be out in the sun, on a beach.

Here's a couple of picture of the sunset of this gorgeous day in Lahinch:

Enjoying the surf

Sunset

Sunset and surfer

Thanks, it has been a good day at sea

Time to go home, buddy

The sun is gone Hiding

First Dive of 2012

At the usual suspect place, Newfie in Kilkee.

Great to be back in the water. My buddies getting down 

 And again... ( don't ask )

Me in my outfit

me in my dry suit

 

 Roll on the next dives...

First snorkel of the year 2012

In the usual cold Dromore Lake, last Sunday....

Senakah launch album - Dolans - 1

Another good gig in Dolans, Senakah for the launch of their single ( Human Relations available on itunes )


Additionally you can check out the video for the song on youtube, which features nicely Limerick city (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xvY4qh6l3w )

Putain 7 ans deja....

Il y a sept ans ( le 5 février 2005 ) je posais mes valises en Irlande. Apres un long voyage en voiture de deux jours, incluant un ferry et un tunnel en train:

En fouillant j'ai éssayé de retrouver quelques photos du voyage et bizarrement je n'en ai pas pris tant que cela...

• Départ de Grenoble, France

Un dernier coup d'oeil a la vue que j'avais depuis mon studio:

• Sur le chemin, un passage par mon village natal : Hauterive, Allier, France
• Coquelles - Eurotunnel
• Folkestone, England
• Pembroke, Wales pour prendre le Ferry, un voyage de nuit très calme.

• Pour finalement arriver en Irlande: Roslare, Ireland
• Je me souviens avoir conduit pour aller directement sur la cote ouest, Limerick, Ireland
  Et voila ma fidèle voiture sur le sol irlandais... Elle y restera d'ailleurs... sans doute dans une casse ...

Je me souviens être arrive un weekend et donc m’être précipité pour visiter la cote et les plages , je crois que c'est une plage du Burren ou du Connemara....

Bref c’était il y a sept ans déjà, je passais cette première nuit a Limerick dans un bed and breakfast prés de mon futur lieu de travail ( le lendemain ), je ne savais pas a ce moment la que je ne resterais que six mois dans ce premier job, que ce serais les 6 derniers mois ou je ferais du Layout Analogique.  Je ne savais pas qu'il me faudrait un an avant de me remettre a plonger un peu, et un de plus avant de joindre un club et de m'y remettre sérieusement. Je ne savais pas qu'un espagnol allais me faire découvrir un pub nomme le Costello et que 3 mois plus tard il allais mourir. D'un autre cote je ne suis pas sur d'avoir appris beaucoup plus que cela en sept, d'avoir progresse...
Surtout je ne savais pas que sept ans plus tard, je serais toujours en Irlande !



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