Spitfire down: The WWII camp where Allies and Germans mixed

Found this interesting article by Dan Snow while trolling through BBC archives about Ireland during "The Emergency"! An attempt to recover a Spitfire from a peat bog in Donegal will highlight the peculiar story of the men - both British and German - who spent much of World War II in relative comfort in neighbouring … Continue reading Spitfire down: The WWII camp where Allies and Germans mixed

You know how it is

Wet day, have to drive 200km, start the car, radio gives several loud squawks and promptly dies, really annoying as now I can't access the controls to change the time on the clock, move off and the wipers start to screech, car lurches up the road..no petrol but I can't see that because the digital … Continue reading You know how it is

Another time, another place

A friend sent me this photo of a surfboard made by David Wray and myself in another life....well in 1984 I think! We were under the illusion that we could actually make a living out if building surfboards in the west if Ireland back then. If only it was now 🙂