Visitors to Clew Bay
Aleria is still in Kilrush with no end date in sight. So we plod along in Westport with our houses, vineyard, donkeys and cats. And then we got a call from Reg Barker, OCC Vice Commodore. He and Nikki were making their way up the West Coast en route to the CCA Rally in Scotland; could they stop by? Well, of course. We met them out by Inishoe in Moytura and piloted Blue Velvet in. It was hot and humid, flat calm. What followed was three delightful days with the couple, now the best of friends. We showed them the vineyard and introduced the donkeys. We had dinner in town, at Sage of course, followed by an amazing trad session at Matt Molloys. The next day was brilliant blue sky, and again flat calm, so they climbed Croagh Patrick while I prepared a leg of lamb feast. Meanwhile, WIORA was underway at the Sailing Club and MSC was celebrating its 50th anniversary, but we had to miss everything because we had committed to attending Tomas Horkan's 60th birthday celebration...