Family Reunion

The weekend before last I went to Norfolk for a family reunion, my uncle's 60th birthday - it was the first time in 8 years since the entire family got together - some photos from the festivities in true McGloughlin, Cumming & Goodbody style :)



The whole clan - brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, cousins, grandparents, nieces, nephews, 1st, 2nd and 3rd generations :) The question is: who belongs to who and do we all look alike ?



The cousins and new additions


The cousins in order of height, i'm the littlest now..


The cousins in order of age



As it was in 2000, now if only I could find the one from 1995 :) See I wasn't quite the smallest then!!

Snowboarding, Les Gets

Just back from a long weekend snowboarding in Les Gets. What a great little (or not so little resort). After last winter in New Zealand - I had become accustomed to short runs & minimum lifts - but what a surprise to be back in the European Alps, long long long long runs and bucket loads of lift - I was in heaven.. well not quite, it hasn't snowed in a couple of weeks and there was no powder - so were were restricted to the pistes, which was a pity - there was so much potential.



As with all good trips - small disasters must occur - sure ya need a story to tell :) Snapped binding, ripped boot, salopettes and board bag (all mine) & a pulled muscle (not mine)!!



Photo & piste map from Les Gets official website

Beauty in Dublin !?!

Yesterday, the sun came out. I got up early to reap the benefits the day had to offer. Sunrise on Sandymount beach served as a little reminder, don't have to look very far to see the beauty in the world. You can find it anywhere, you just have to look.

Like old times ...

... and so it was "the Glendo Club Trip "

Thinking about old times and getting to know the new folk - it was a night of chit chat, drunken banter and lots of laughter. I think the photos speak for themselves - have a look :)

Night Shots

I do like little challenges and I was lucky enough to recieve a tripod for Christmas. So on Sunday evening, me, my tripod & camera, piled ourselves onto my bike and headed for the river to photograph the Custom's House.

What do you think?

Active Times

I feel revitalised after my active weekend. I got out of Dublin briefly on both Saturday and Sunday :) Up to Ballinastoe on Saturday for some mountainbiking on the tracks and a hill run on Sunday - a couple of laps of Howth head. I am happy to say on both days I came home head to toe covered in muck :) It was great !!

Silent Things

I've been hibernating a bit over the last few weeks - time to chill out. New Year's was nice and chilled a few of us for dinner and drinks at Barry's & Eoin's.





Then much to my dismay, wires were crossed and my start date with my new job got pushed forward a week and a half :( but its all good. These things happen. Unforutnately though I did have to cancel my snowboarding trip to Briancon - I figured better to make a good impression. So my new job is Performance Engineer for Sun Microsystems. Its a steep learning curve but so far so good.