Diary of a busyish woman

I'm clueless when it comes to looking under the hood of any mechanical vehicle. As long as it drives, I'm good to go. Radio on in the background, an open road and I can drive, enjoy the countryside where possible and just think. It's therapy for me. Unfortunately yesterday was one of those days when a little knowledge and indeed awareness would have been useful. Halfway through my deliveries, I found I had no brakes! I didn't hit anyone, do any further damage to the van or to myself. Parking at the garage - Brian Powell Motors - & being given the bad news that I could go no further, I was thankful for two things - cold, cold weather helped keep our products cold in the van, and when a replacement refrigerated van arrived from home, my van was still reading -1°C; the second thing was our customers' sympathy and help in the circumstances, so my thanks to S.V. Midleton ; Ballymaloe ; Castlemartyr and Market Lane Restaurant . At this, my final port of call for ...

It really doesn't take much - a few late nights and early mornings and all of a sudden, I haven't posted for almost a week. The Rosscarbery Autumn School went extremely well last weekend. I'm just going to mention three things: a picture of a letter written by the Benedictine Abbot of St. Mary's, Rosscarbery , to the Abbot of Wurzburg dated 11th October, 1456; an exploration of the option of farmers growing grass for conversion to gas as an energy efficient solution; and a list of the extensive diet enjoyed by Irish people in South West Ireland prior to the advent of the potato! These and many more related subjects were explored in a fascinating weekend which left me exhausted! Last night I received a tweet from Ballymaloe Cookery School and their new Supplier page. Until tomorrow, or it could even be tonight! Avril