taking a break from the yard

Greengrass1

What do ye all do to take a break from the yard work this time of the year or anytime?
I'm starting back at the football soon and usually try get out the odd weekend be it to the cinema or out to town with the girlfriend and a few mates.
Ye can get awful lazy I find if ye don't bother making the effort to go and do something

Miname

i go farming to take a break, but the last couple of weeks of sleep deprivation are starting to take its toll, two weeks from now and the fields are fully greened up, it will all be forgotten about. I might spoil herself for a few days next month.

kevthegaff

i go out to the field picking stones or fencing, grand to get away from it:D

f140

same the yard is my break. I run out the house when visitors come over with crying babies. find the tractor work very relaxing especially ploughing. (nearly doing too much reseeding on this farm).


I enjoy going to shows aswell such as milstreet, ploughing etc.
go to the cinema now and then, pub etc.


not really gone in eating out. get quiet bored with that and theres not enough activity in that for me.


I love the sun aswell. I take a foreign holiday everyyear or even last year just lying out on the grass on a towel soaking it up.

frazzledhome

Try to take the a few hrs off 1 day a week, go for lunch with the Mrs.
Plans out the window for this week, went to a funeral yesterday at 10am arrived home at 3am. As a friend says "I was never in America but I was in some state last night"
I wont need a story tonight

GrandSoftDay

Greengrass1 wrote: »

What do ye all do to take a break from the yard work this time of the year or anytime?
I'm starting back at the football soon and usually try get out the odd weekend be it to the cinema or out to town with the girlfriend and a few mates.
Ye can get awful lazy I find if ye don't bother making the effort to go and do something

Soccer one night a week, football starting back now aswell. Head to the Cinema about once a fortnight on a week night normally. Go to a good few of the county games aswell.

Greengrass1

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

Soccer one night a week, football starting back now aswell. Head to the Cinema about once a fortnight on a week night normally. Go to a good few of the county games aswell.

Ye suckler men have it too easy

GrandSoftDay

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Ye suckler men have it too easy

Your only young once, I'll be tied to the farm long enough, spending enough time at it as it is!

Juniorhurler

Hurling training three times a week. A run of about 10 - 12km on two weeknights and a roughly 20-25km run on a sunday afternoon. The weknight runs often happen at anytime between 9 and 11 at night by the time I get the yard finished after work and kids get to bed etc.

Greengrass1

Juniorhurler wrote: »

Hurling training three times a week. A run of about 10 - 12km on two weeknights and a roughly 20-25km run on a sunday afternoon. The weknight runs often happen at anytime between 9 and 11 at night by the time I get the yard finished after work and kids get to bed etc.

Feck. Fair going that is are you on the county team?

kevthegaff

gave up the soccer the last few months might go back hurling in the next couple of weeks

dzer2

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Feck. Fair going that is are you on the county team?

THat wouldnt get you on the junior B around here:cool:

Juniorhurler

Played at a couple of lower levels when I was younger. Minor, a bit of junior and intermediate with them. Never near good enough to play with them at senior nor would I give the commitment they would desire.
I got into running about 18 months to two years ago and love the flexibility of it. No team training to be tied to. You can go train as and when it suits you. Duffry man yourself or am I causing you a grave insult?

Timmaay

Juniorhurler wrote: »

Hurling training three times a week. A run of about 10 - 12km on two weeknights and a roughly 20-25km run on a sunday afternoon. The weknight runs often happen at anytime between 9 and 11 at night by the time I get the yard finished after work and kids get to bed etc.

Jezz fair play with the evening runs that late, I know I'd be awake all night if I ran at 11pm! But anyways, athletics is my main escape also, still in the middle of calving season now, so struggling to make training, however once things settle down in afew weeks I'll be aiming to get out 4/5 evenings a week, and then track races most weekends over the summer! Can't wait for it now, to be honest if the farm ever comes to a point where I don't have the evenings off for a good chunk of the year, I'd have no problems packing it in and getting a 9-5 job again!

Juniorhurler

After night runs I'd be the opposite, no lullaby needed at all. You must have a turn of pace Timmay. I'd be a plodder and with my lack of acceleration wouldn't consider anything under 10k. I am trying to nuild to a marathon, Dublin 2015 as this is my lastyear hurling and I will have more time for the training next year and as a little holiday for 10 yeats married head for Barcelona 2016 and bring herself to kill two birds with one stone.

Greengrass1

Juniorhurler wrote: »

Played at a couple of lower levels when I was younger. Minor, a bit of junior and intermediate with them. Never near good enough to play with them at senior nor would I give the commitment they would desire.
I got into running about 18 months to two years ago and love the flexibility of it. No team training to be tied to. You can go train as and when it suits you. Duffry man yourself or am I causing you a grave insult?

Would be inbetween duffery and bunclody. Played for bunclody though

Juniorhurler

Grave insult so.

Reggie.

The day job but I consider the yard the break away from it tbh

Timmaay

Juniorhurler wrote: »

After night runs I'd be the opposite, no lullaby needed at all. You must have a turn of pace Timmay. I'd be a plodder and with my lack of acceleration wouldn't consider anything under 10k. I am trying to nuild to a marathon, Dublin 2015 as this is my lastyear hurling and I will have more time for the training next year and as a little holiday for 10 yeats married head for Barcelona 2016 and bring herself to kill two birds with one stone.

Ha yeh 800m and 1500m are the targets this summer! The marathon is 10years away for me yet!

GrandSoftDay

Juniorhurler wrote: »

Played at a couple of lower levels when I was younger. Minor, a bit of junior and intermediate with them. Never near good enough to play with them at senior nor would I give the commitment they would desire.
I got into running about 18 months to two years ago and love the flexibility of it. No team training to be tied to. You can go train as and when it suits you. Duffry man yourself or am I causing you a grave insult?

I'm mad to go playing hurling, always pucking a ball around at home and even down the field when I'm herding. Nearest club is 15 miles away though and we used to be pucking the sh1t out of each other playing football. They are intermediate too, if they had a junior team I would definitely sign up and try and get into it. Haven't played a competitive game since u14 when it fizzled out in our own club.

Base price

For myself during the winter months I train at TKD. Training keeps me nimble and relatively fit. Other than that, I like to fish (freshwater) as well.
As one half of a couple, I just like to spend time with OH working and sorting out the daily challenges.
OH likes Country music and going dancing. I dislike Irish Country music but at the end of the day its all about swings and roundabouts, give and take etc.
We always try to go out one night a week for a nice dinner, wine etc.......;)

GrandSoftDay

Base price wrote: »

For myself during the winter months I train at TKD. Training keeps me nimble and relatively fit. Other than that, I like to fish (freshwater) as well.
As one half of a couple, I just like to spend time with OH working and sorting out the daily challenges.
OH likes Country music and going dancing. I dislike Irish Country music but at the end of the day its all about swings and roundabouts, give and take etc.
We always try to go out one night a week for a nice dinner, wine etc.......;)

What do you fish for? Pike, coarse or trout and salmon? I do a bit of specimen hunting in the salt.

Reggie.

I do like the bit of pike fishing and tench fishing in the summer when I have time for it which seems to be rare nowadays

GrandSoftDay

Reggie. wrote: »

I do like the bit of pike fishing and tench fishing in the summer when I have time for it which seems to be rare nowadays

Congers and Huss for me, big angry fish

Genghis Cant

Reggie. wrote: »

I do like the bit of pike fishing and tench fishing in the summer when I have time for it which seems to be rare nowadays

You're very close to a couple of excellent little Pike fisheries. And indeed Tench if ya know where to look.

kevthegaff

have to get back doing weights, not as strong lifting calves anymore! hurling and soccer for me with pints at the weekends

sheebadog

Shooting, hunting and some fishing.


We (OH) go to a nice restaurant at least once a week. I just love good food and good wine.
We don't eat out so much in the summer as the heat ruins the old appetite.

ABlur

Seeing has the weather is like January I'm off to do what we do in January: bring family to a hotel with a pool for the weekend. Off to Cork on the cheap today. Hope to see some proper land while I'm there!

Gillespy

kevthegaff wrote: »

have to get back doing weights

Same. 18 months since I last did them, was quite serious into it, tendinitis in my right knee and then I got lazy. Both looking forward to and dreading the pain after my next leg workout. SQUATS!

Reggie.

Gillespy wrote: »

Same. 18 months since I last did them, was quite serious into it, tendinitis in my right knee and then I got lazy. Both looking forward to and dreading the pain after my next leg workout. SQUATS!

Go get the sweat on

Reggie.

Genghis Cant wrote: »

You're very close to a couple of excellent little Pike fisheries. And indeed Tench if ya know where to look.

Oh I know a good few alright. My childhood was mostly fishing till I grew up then and had to work

porter shark

I go for a few pints, I thought everyone did... Ye all have me feeling bad now with yer healthy hobbies.

frazzledhome

porter shark wrote: »

I go for a few pints, I thought everyone did... Ye all have me feeling bad now with yer healthy hobbies.

I go for a good few pints and feel great

moy83

porter shark wrote: »

I go for a few pints, I thought everyone did... Ye all have me feeling bad now with yer healthy hobbies.

Your not alone in your hobby . I indulge in a few after work for a bit of me time

biddy2013

porter shark wrote: »

I go for a few pints, I thought everyone did... Ye all have me feeling bad now with yer healthy hobbies.

in pub now, great crack looking at the lads that have been on the beer all day

hugo29

Farm is my break from work, and pub is my break from farm

Got back into running last few months, stopped playing soccer 10 years ago, tis a young mans game

munkus

Played a good bit of golf up until 2 years ago. Between bad summers and work I lost interest in it. You need to be playing twice a week to keep a decent standard.

Have a small man now to look after and between farm and work 50 miles away have little time for anything these days. All good though!

would like to take you shooting in the next few years. Tried trap shooting with a friend a while back and it's an interesting hobby.

Genghis Cant

munkus wrote: »

would like to take you shooting in the next few years. Tried trap shooting with a friend a while back and it's an interesting hobby.

Would anything like this interest ya?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spk6_m3_nZo

(Select subtitles unless your german is good!)

munkus

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Would anything like this interest ya?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spk6_m3_nZo

(Select subtitles unless your german is good!)

Ha! Could use one of those next time a suckler is charging me!

Genghis Cant

munkus wrote: »

Ha! Could use one of those next time a suckler is charging me!

Outside of the charging Sucklers, it's a nice way to spend an hour or two in the woods! Great for the young lads too.

Base price

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

What do you fish for? Pike, coarse or trout and salmon? I do a bit of specimen hunting in the salt.

Mostly pike and fly fishing. I also like to do a bit of course float fishing on a balmy summers evening. I find it very relaxing.

Genghis Cant

Base price wrote: »

Mostly pike and fly fishing. I also like to do a bit of course float fishing on a balmy summers evening. I find it very relaxing.

Interest in Pike fishing has ballooned in recent years. And fly fishing for Pike has taken off well too.

Base price

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Interest in Pike fishing has ballooned in recent years. And fly fishing for Pike has taken off well too.

My mother is from Longford and as children we always fished. Some great fishing in the Lakelands area
I have tried fly fishing for pike but with no success. The fly, line and rod are very heavy and totally different from my nice #6/7 trout rod. Ye would need muscles like Arnie to cast it for long periods of time.
Youngest and I caught 3 trout yesterday afternoon. We kept the smallest one that was about one and a half pounds.
The other two were released back to the water.

joejobrien

Not as exciting as some of ye lads. Spend abit of time with my guys and OH on a Sunday.. Few hours. Maybe go for a walk or cycle depends on weather or teach them how to do a bit of Baking or cooking and it gives the wife a day off from cheffing in the kitchen:D. I gets plenty of excerise from one end of the week to the other end. Most of my friend around my go arent a whole lot different with young kids, carrying to games, matches etc, it often just bliss to sit down on Sat even with a bottle of beer and her company.

bikes

I do trackdays and race motorbikes whenever I can.Its bloody expensive though sometimes spend as much as a good weanling on a race weekend.

exercise is the antidote

bikes wrote: »

I do trackdays and race motorbikes whenever I can.Its bloody expensive though sometimes spend as much as a good weanling on a race weekend.

I like your style, meaning to do a trackday training this summer myself....Have you a track bike or road bike?

Timmaay

bikes wrote: »

I do trackdays and race motorbikes whenever I can.Its bloody expensive though sometimes spend as much as a good weanling on a race weekend.

Totally worth it though! Haven't be on a track bike yet but definitely tempted some day!

bikes

exercise is the antidote wrote: »

I like your style, meaning to do a trackday training this summer myself....Have you a track bike or road bike?

I have all trackbikes,a triumph 675 and an sv650 also have a Vor 503 supermoto . Once you go on track youll have no interest in the road.

bikes

Timmaay wrote: »

Totally worth it though! Haven't be on a track bike yet but definitely tempted some day!

You should do the ron haslam race school,it will give you great pointers and they supply the bike and airport is only over the field

I said

Go to the dogs as often as I can

bogman_bass

Macra is the main outlet.

Play a good bit of ultimate and have lined out for Ireland a couple of times. (Its this kind of craic for ye that dont know)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L_-etM_iIk

spend a bit of time with the girlfriend but not as much as she would like