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 🙂