Time to go....

Heya all,

its been a while since my last post, so heres the latest...

Working away here in Ireland, experienced lots of snow, which has been quite a cool experience. Although i must say, the novelty does wear off fairly quickly after doing site visits on hilltop field full of cow shite & snow. hehe. But its finally warming up, and i even had a t-shirt on today! woohooo!!!

Went back to Manchester again last week for my dear Nannas funeral. A sad day for all, but a true celebration of her wonderful life and how much she meant to us all. caught up with all of the family and was very proud to be representing the Aussie branch of the family at the funeral. Will definately go back to Manchester sometime soon to spend some time with my cousins uncles and grandparents.

Last weekend i took the plunge....thats right, i surfed ireland!! check the picks of me all rubbered up on the website. The waves were actually really nice and clean, and even though the water was black & we were surfing at the base of a cliff in the middle of nowhere, there was no worry at all about sharks! great stuff. travelled over to the West coast with a Kiwi mate from work and a swedish guy we met through the surf club. great weekend, lots of guinness, mackeral & curry & chips. hee hee.

Anyway, the big news is that my time in Ireland is drawing to a close. Finishing up my contract at easter, and heading off to find some sun & surf. Im flying to Bristol to meet up with Dan & Matt & the rest of the pommy crew i met in Aus last year for a weekend of madness im sure! After the easter bunny has left Cornwall i will make my way to London to stay with my cousin Nik for a few days, then im flying to Portugal on the 24th. I cant wait! I have a one way ticket, so im not sure how long i will be there, or where i will end up, but my search is for waves and nice weather, so as long as i succeed in at least one of those i will be happy!! The place im going looks really nice, and is the host to some of Europes finest waves. I will be flying into Lisbon and heading to a little surf town called Peniche. A little nervous as im going on my Pat malone, but have been told there are heaps of travellers there & that Peniche is quite the surf mecca of Portugal. Bring it on!! check it out anyway at www.penichesurfcamp.com or www.balealsurfcamp.com

Anyway, ive had a great experience of shite weather, great people & plenty of Guinness in Ireland, and now the adventure is really starting! Will post pics when i can.

Hope alls well in Aus, ive noticed that Sydney is certainly getting colder, but gold old Perth, still 30 degrees!

take care & keep dodging those cyclones!

xx

Carly

ps its my birthday next Tuesday 4th, so i know u will all be thinking of me! ;-)