One said to the other “I'm going surfing if it means I have to crawl”,
so off went the currachs down the country lanes to where locals dug gravel from an island into a rusty barge between tides years ago and eventually
floated down river to Drogheda. They would do it only if things were bad and money was needed to feed children, in the knowledge that if the job was started the barge had to be filled before any money was forth coming. The old saw mill shed that was once a land mark for the droves of Sunday walkers along the ramparts is now buried to stop parking on a lethal bend that brings the well used boreen beneath the massive M1 motorway bridge that crosses the river Boyne. 'S.E.S.' as it has become known, short for Stephen Early's Slipway, on account of his dogmatic persistence to see the county council reinstate the the old slip way that was used for generations before the building of the by-pass. It was here the boats were launched, all the old faces reappeared to encourage the rowers and have the craic. Meath County Council has begun a place for safe parking for users of the slip. So never say never, things are changing and it is a good thing to see that it is no longer that norm that requests for such amenities fall on deaf ears. The morning was great, all the worries over transport and safety became trivial when the oars began moving through the water. When finished, we wrote a list of things to tweek and ideas to follow up for next week. And so the currach season for 2016 has truly begun, lets keep the momentum going and bums on seats. Thanks to you all for so much hard work put in over the winter months, a lot done and more to do......
so off went the currachs down the country lanes to where locals dug gravel from an island into a rusty barge between tides years ago and eventually
floated down river to Drogheda. They would do it only if things were bad and money was needed to feed children, in the knowledge that if the job was started the barge had to be filled before any money was forth coming. The old saw mill shed that was once a land mark for the droves of Sunday walkers along the ramparts is now buried to stop parking on a lethal bend that brings the well used boreen beneath the massive M1 motorway bridge that crosses the river Boyne. 'S.E.S.' as it has become known, short for Stephen Early's Slipway, on account of his dogmatic persistence to see the county council reinstate the the old slip way that was used for generations before the building of the by-pass. It was here the boats were launched, all the old faces reappeared to encourage the rowers and have the craic. Meath County Council has begun a place for safe parking for users of the slip. So never say never, things are changing and it is a good thing to see that it is no longer that norm that requests for such amenities fall on deaf ears. The morning was great, all the worries over transport and safety became trivial when the oars began moving through the water. When finished, we wrote a list of things to tweek and ideas to follow up for next week. And so the currach season for 2016 has truly begun, lets keep the momentum going and bums on seats. Thanks to you all for so much hard work put in over the winter months, a lot done and more to do......
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