A happy New Year to you all! We’ve just recovered from a ‘cold snap’ here in Ireland, which is unusual in these days of global warming. My county got away lightly with only a minor dusting of snow, followed by ice for about five days, but many parts of the south were covered in a thick blanket of snow. In Cork and Tipperary, people were stuck in their homes, some without electricity or internet. A group of enterprising teenagers in County Cork, bored without their wi-fi, built a snow igloo of impressive proportions and they ended up on the national television news. It makes a change to see such creativity being highlighted.
A happy and healthy New Year to everyone!
A happy and healthy New Year in 2022 to you all!
A final few words from ‘In Memoriam’ by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, longest serving Poet Laureate and favourite of Queen Victoria.