Friday and Saturday turned out to be very wet and the floods are creeping out on the callows once again. However the wind has gone around and the forecast is for fine dry weather for the week with temperatures in the low fifties. Gus Claffey was asking last night at what temperature reading do Celsius and Fahrenheit have the same value.
Patrick Kenny was telling a weather story from the past. Nearly forty years ago three men were in Shannonbridge for a drink and afterwards when they dropped off one of the trio at his door he invited them in. Television was new at the time and the owner of the house turned on the news and weather as he had a lot of hay cut . Paddy Mc Hugh was the weatherman and he predicted that the heavy rain would continue for the next few days. Our friend went up to the room and brough down the shotgun and shot Paddy Mc Hugh and the television set stone dead.
Martin Burke has started to feed the birds for the winter and has two bird feeders hanging on the clothes line. He reckons that the crows will not be able to get near the feeders.
The new mouse cather was tested out in the warehouse of Shannonbridge Pottery and the bait holder had a tempting array of cheese and chicken and toffee. Too tempting for the cat who smelt it and ate the lot bending the holder as well. Was the cat creating a strike warning.
Workers in Bord na Mona are staging a strike today.
Friday evening came a phone call from Kilconnell asking if Shannonbridge might field a football team to play them in a trophy annual match to be played yesterday as the team scheduled to play them had withdrawn. Shannonbridge were only able to get nine bodies willing to go so had to decline the offer.
Met a man last evening who was driving from Galway to Dublin and had decided to take the easy route by branching off at Ballinasloe for Shannonbridge, Cloghan, Tullamore, Portlaoise and Monestrevon. Wonder is he right.
Oliver Hilliard is taking prunes for his breakfast and they are working. His golf diary data collection is well underway. Yesterday he came up with the suggestion that Shannonbridge should keep in touch with the Uganda Orphanage making use of the links built up by Kate and the community and friends should make an effort to collect funds for the work that goes on. Sounds a good idea from Oliver.