New home Ireland.

[Nelly]

It took me a while to sort out internet hence the reason for my prolonged absence.
Well we left the UK on the 23rd of April and have finally settled in.
My wife has been brilliant and the kids love it.

Some things I have learned so far: (country living)

1. Although the cow pat may be crispy, this is not an indication of its solidness.
2. A solid fuel burning stove does not light, clean or maintain itself.
3. Ireland is just like Australia, only 1/3rd of it has actually been mapped.
4. The UK is positively tropical compared to Ireland.
5. Irish drivers are friendly (not necessarily bike safe).

My new job is good so far, great people and a fantastic new well equipped department.

 

[FZ6-ZN]

Hi Nelly

Glad to hear you're settled in.

A home is where you make it.

FZ6-ZN

 

[kamao]

Good job on the move Nelly! :thumbup: Glad it's all going well :iconbeer:

 

[LERecords]

welcome back :welcome:

glad to hear the move went well and the new job is good... post up some pictures of the area when you get a chance :thumbup:

 

[madmanmaigret]

Glad you are getting it all sorted. Hope everything works out well for you and yours.....

 

[Hellgate]

It took me a while to sort out internet hence the reason for my prolonged absense.
Well we left the UK on the 23rd of April and have finally settled in.
My wife has been brilliant and the kids love it.

Some things I have learned so far: (country living)

1.Although the cow pat may be crispy, this is not an indication of its solidness.
2. A solid fuel burning stove does not light, clean or maintain itself.
3. Ireland is just like Australia, only 1 1/3rd of it has actually been mapped.
4. The UK is positively tropical compared to Ireland.
5. Irish drivers are friendly (not necessarily bike safe).

My new job is good so far, great people and a fantastic new well equipped department.

"Rural" sounds like a good description.

Glad you made your move Nelly, I know that was a lot of work and patience on your part to make it happend, well done! :thumbup:

 

[ANLR21]

Congratulations, and welcome back!!

 

[Steph]

Glad to hear that you are all settled in and your wife and kidlets are happy. Hopefully you will be around a little more often now...we missed seeing you here.

 

[FZ1inNH]

Congrats Nelly! Glad to have you back!

Where in Ireland did you settle? My wife and I are planning a trip there in the next one to two years. We'll be staying here, likely: Irish Vacation Cottages at Irish Resorts Old Killarney Village

But, we'll be traveling the entire place if possible!

 

[VEGASRIDER]

Welcome back mate, now go hook up with some of our Irish members.

Send us some pics too. Your surroundings, workplace, anything.

 

[lytehouse]

Welcome back Neil......we have missed ya around here!
Would love it if you could post some pictures!

 

[Wavex]

:rof: @ # 1 ^^^ awesome.

Glad to hear that you are settled and that the family is liking the new place!

I went to Ireland when I was in High School and have awesome memories of it other than the food (much like England in that department huh? heheh). A friend and I were staying with an Irish family, and their food was scary.
Everything else was great! The family members were amazingly patient with us (language barrier), and they even ordered pizza for us the last day!

The Guiness factory in Dublin is nice too

oh and Irish high school kids who play soccer at the local park are extremely violent and don't like to be beaten by the french hahaha

+1 on the pics...

 

[Cloggy]

Hi there Neil, great to hear from you again. Glad to hear you're settling in and that the family is fine :thumbup:

As others have said ....:needpics:

There is a very good reason it's called the emerald isle Try to take some pics between the rain '

 

[CHEMIKER]

Glad to hear that you're doing well! Was wondering where you went....

Thanks for the update!

 

[Blackblood]

Welcome to this mighty island

 

[jorsarge]

Welcome Nelly

Might see you in the hills, mind the roads though they never clean them here, in a short distance you might come across a semi solid cow pat to an oil spill !
enjoy and welcome.

Jorsarge

 

[Ghost Weim]

Ok - I know I have been hit and miss with the forum latey... Did you move again? I knew you took a new job a while back... Please excuse this blonde moment.

And - I agree - picts would be awesome!!

Glad to hear you are all settled. :thumbup:

 

[Nelly]

Congrats Nelly! Glad to have you back!

Where in Ireland did you settle? My wife and I are planning a trip there in the next one to two years. We'll be staying here, likely: Irish Vacation Cottages at Irish Resorts Old Killarney Village

But, we'll be traveling the entire place if possible!

Well first and for most thanks for the kind replies everyone.
Its funny, being away from the forum for 10 days has been very strange. It's like going away and not talking to your friends for a while.
The biggest problem was trying to find internet. We live as Pete states "rural" lol. Our area is right on the end of the wireless bandwidth. The internal phone line will not be able to support broadband until the end of 2010.

One of the nicest things about Ireland is the people, most of them are very unassuming and greet you with a genuine friendliness. The cost of living is much higher than we really anticipated. Every productive member of the workforce has been hit with pension and income Levy's (the government solution to claw back the toxic billions) these Levy's see the average worker €3-400 short in their pay packets every month.
Up until two days before I was due to start my new job I didn't know whether I would be returning to the UK to work (such is the extent of the recession).
The nursing union is far more proactive here though and there is very strong talk of industrial action.



I tried to post pictures yesterday but there was a security error or something.
I will try again.
I am about two and a half hours from Kerry (which is breathtakingly beautiful BTW).

We are fortunate to have been loaned my sisters in laws house for an indefinite period of time while we save for a deposit.

The driveway:

The front:

The back:

The shed:

The road to work:

A picture of happiness:

My commute is a very nice 25K run with some twisty bits and fast straight bits to. The road is in a good state of repair although you need to be aware of new mud on the road.
Farm animals and machinery are also in abundance.

Cheers guys

Nelly

 

[Cloggy]

Thanx for the pics Nelly :thumbup:
Looks like you're staying in a nice house, with a big shed, love the tractor is that for gritting the roads in the winter :thumbup:
It sucks to hear you're getting hit for 3-400 euro's extra per month, that makes a big hole in your take home pay ,we have to pay more for our pensions etc but it's not as bad as in Ireland (yet).
Sounds like you've got a nice ride to work, but going by your pic of the road I wouldn't say they were in a good condition (or is this just in front of the house?).
Looking forward to seeing a few ride pics :thumbup:

Ride safely and post lots (once again :thumbup

 

[Stumbles06]

Hey Neil, welcome back to the forum dude. Great to see things going so well for you in the Emerald Isle. Great pics, the kids looked well chuffed.

Be careful on them roads, looks a bit nasty.

As I said, welcome back, been ages since seeing you around the place.