Logged on to the web there to put some more of my junk on ebay to raise some cash for a bit of work on the house, which is beyond my abilities. I came to my blog and noticed that today's date had no link on my calendar, couldn't be having that, so here is my story for the day.
I got engaged last month, since then it has been like a steam train taking off, today we booked the reception for the 27th August 2004, would you believe, it was a stroke of luck even getting a date at that much notice.
We are having it in the Galgorm Manor in BAAAAlymena, which is a long drive as the church is in Holywood.
Galogorm is a lovely spot, Rebecca's other two sisters were married there, and they were both great day's out.
The River Maine runs through the grounds and the hotel owns the fishing in this stretch, which is a plus point. There is a run of Dollaghan on the river, this is a species indigenous to Northern Ireland and in particular the rivers which run into Lough Neagh. Dollaghan are similar to Sea Trout but run to the Lough instead of the sea, and then come back into the rivers to spawn. As you would imagine they grow a lot bigger feeding on the rich harvest in the Lough compared to the relatively sparse larder available to the brown trout in the trout streams.