Ar ais ón Siúlóid : Back from the walk

Crann, crann eile a haon a dó

Tús maith... Bhí tús maith againn leis an aimsir, lá breá a bhí ann. Bhí an t-ádh linn mar bhí sé ag cur fearrainge an tseachtain ar fad. Bhuaileamar i stáisiúin Piccadilly Manchain. Buaitaisí, ceapairí agus as go brách linn. 

Nuair a thánamar go dtí droichead Marple shúileamar go dtí bPáirc Uí Etherow. 

Dhéan Éamon suas builleoga le ainmneacha agus pictiúirí gach uile planda, bláth agus crann! Bhí na héanacha go léir ar eolas ag Tony. Is éanfhairtheoir é Tony agus measaim nách bhfuil éan ann nách bhfuil eolas aige faoi. Maith sibh leaids! 

Bhí dháreág againn ann go hiomlán. 's na daoine atá muid (beagáinín creacáilte le fonn eachtra) chuamar I dtreo eile ná a bhí ar an mapa..... 
Mar a bhí pleanáilte againn tháinig muid as an bpáirc ar cosán taobh an bhóthair. Tar éis sin áfach chasamar ar dtreo mícheart agus thánamar ar feirm beag. Baineadh geit ceart as na cearc agus na sicín leis na Gaeilgeoirí go léir ag teacht ina dtreo! Chasamar ar ais.. 
Fuaireamar na treoracha ceart ó cúpla leaids a bhí ar a rothair. Seo an “cosán” a thógamar. Bhí sé go h-an deas ar fad! 

Beidh mé ag féachaint go mór leis an céad siúlóid eile. Bhí an t-am againn agus bhí siúlóid maith againn, bhuel sin mar a deir ár gcosanna ar aon nós! 
Aimsir breá a bhí againn agus comhluadar deas. Chuaigh dháréag ann 's tháinig dháréag ar ais. Cinnte, bhí tús agus deireadh maith leis an lá seo! 

Míle buíochas le MILG agus Conradh na Gaeilge as an lá a chur ar siúl agus le Pat McGuinness, Éamon agus Tony don méad obair a dhéan siad go léir. 

Seo Tom ceann do na múinteoirí MILG. Fuair Mark an focal mícheart... Is múinteoir deas é i ndáiríre! 

This is Tom one of the teachers from MILG. Mark used the wrong word... He's a nice teacher really! 

A good start... 
We had a good start w/ the weather, it was a beautiful day. We were lucky because it had been raining for the entire week. We met in Piccadilly station, Manchester. Boots, sandwiches and off we we set. 
When we got to Marple Bridge we then walked to Etherow country Park. 
Éamon did up some pages w/ pictures and names of every plant, flower and tree! The birds were all known by Tony, he's a keen birdwatcher and I don't think there's a bird out there that he doesn't know about. Well done lads! 

There were twelve of us there in total. And the people that we are (a bit mad on the look for an adventure) we went a different route to the map..... 
As was planned we came out of the park to a path at the side of a road. After that however, we turned the wrong way and came upon a small farm. The hens and chickens got a right fright w/ all the Irish speakers coming there way! We turned back.. 
We got the right directions from a couple of lads out on there bikes. There's pictures posted of the “path” we then took. It was absolutely gorgeous there! 

I'll definitely be looking forward to the next walk. We had a great time and a really nice walk or so our feet tell us anyway! We had lovely weather and nicer company. Twelve went and twelve came back. Certainly, there was a good start and end to this day!