Living in France has some advantages. Fina and Nessa had two weeks off for Winter break, so we went to Ireland for the first week and skied in Val d'Isere the week after.
Ireland was fantastic. We arrived just in time to see Ireland demolish England at Croke park, on TV at Conor's. We saw Aine run and get third place with her relay in the Munster championships. We missed Aoife who also got a bronze medal the previous day!
The junior Dooleys weren't the only athletes of the weekend. We stopped by Castleconnel on our way to the athletics event and caught dad, with crew on the river. I love the name on the boat!.
Never slow to encourage the next generation (plus one), he gave Fina, Nessa and Aoife
some tips on the ergometers.
We spent a few days in Garrykennedy. The weather was "soft" to put it mildly. It was blowing a force 8 and pouring rain, but Fina and Nessa are horse crazy right now. They insisted on going riding in the storm. I found a place, half way up the side of a mountain in Borrisalee. The wild woman who ran the place assured me they went out in all conditions. And they did....
The girls were in the arena on their ponies, sporting ear-to-ear grins 
when the gale knocked two trees over, missing them by a few feet.
The ponies were spooked and bolted. Fina managed to pull hers up; Nessa was thrown.
The wild woman who was running the show finally called a halt to the
madness, and gave each of them a rosette for being the
"bravest children she'd ever had out in such conditions". They were thrilled!
What a difference a day makes......
Searching for more of this weather, Rob went to Cambridge to do something useful, and gave the keynote at a computer conference. We came back to Nice where it was 26 C the following day.
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