Will you get a break /holiday from the farm 2018?

whelan2

The annual thread Will you get away for a break this year? Going to France at the end of June for a week . Heading to a game in Liverpool in May. So will you get a break / holiday this year?

Lady Haywire

Finland & Estonia, the usual! Nothing booked yet though.

3 the square

Kenmare

Limestone Cowboy

Hard to see it happening, it's badly wanting though.

grassroot1

Spain for family holiday Mrs Grassroot booked it today and a dirty weekend in Cavan in May, we will probably spend the weekend asleep (kid free)

charolais0153

In the outlier anyways haha

tanko

charolais0153 wrote: »

In the outlier anyways haha

Are ya doing the junior cert this year?????

K.G.

Oh dear god ,this thread now!!!!

Icelandicseige

I will but then again I'm not stuck to the farm 24/7.
Dad on the other hand would rather work than go on a holiday ha

charolais0153

tanko wrote: »

Are ya doing the junior cert this year?????

Leaving cert

Nekarsulm

Ferry booked to Cherbourg since last Sept.
If everything goes right, might even get a weekend in southern Holland. https://hmtklep.nl

_Brian

18 nights booked in France, close to Nantes.
Handful of weekends in Ireland in the caravan starting at Easter and up to Halloween.

Green&Red

I'm off to Nashville, Memphis and New Orleans in a fortnight for a fortnight, can't feckin wait.
Moving jobs so took the chance to take a few weeks off, will also give me time to get on top of things around the farm

darragh_haven

Green&Red wrote: »

I'm off to Nashville, Memphis and New Orleans in a fortnight for a fortnight, can't feckin wait.
Moving jobs so took the chance to take a few weeks off, will also give me time to get on top of things around the farm

There is a good armory outside Nashville, if you want try out some heavy metal. And the Jim Beam distillery is also an hour South. Nashville is good. New Orleans is brilliant.
I was to go out there last year to my brother who lives in Jackson, Mississippi again, but was just too busy. Hoping to go this year tho

RedPeppers

3 kids under 4 here so not expecting much. Hoping to get couple of nights away for paddy’s weekend. Couple of weddings in summer and maybe a night of two somewhere else that be it I reckon

Sheep breeder

Off to France as usual in August for 10 days of reading a book in the swimming pool and visiting a few farms and eat well and drink wine.

Base price

I intended bringing youngest to the Natural History Museum in London in January as a treat for his well earned final results in Uni during the Summer but unfortunately he was busy working. Calving season has arrived and I'm busy, hopefully we can make the trip during the Summer.
Otherwise I'm looking forward to the next few months as I'll be doing what I love best - rearing sucks, which equates to my yearly holiday.

Bass Reeves

3 the square wrote: »

Kenmare

Call into the Atlantic and look for wiggy.

cycle4fun

J*sus, could do with one, will get away for a long weekend to a wedding in a few months. Its tough being up at night with animals, sometimes its the thought of the odd little break keeps me going.

dryan

Doing a low budget holiday this year to the sister in law in Jersey for a week in August. Its a fabulous spot to visit and not that far.

Deposit paid this week on our first family Ski holiday in Italy in Feb 2019 - really looking forward to that one!!

Parishlad

I have a skiing holiday booked for the family in Austria for just after next Christmas! It's a surprise too. Nobody knows about it and it will be unveiled as a Christmas present in some way, i.e. Happy Christmas now pack your bags we're leaving in a couple of days!!

It's costing me an arm and a leg as its a kinda nice place. But I don't mind as it's also our 10th wedding anniversary around the same time and we went to the same place skiing as part of our honeymoon.

The problem is I have to save like hell to pay for it but pretend like I still have the same money as usual. I'm waiting for herself to suggest a 2 week holiday abroad during the Summer high season! :eek:

PeterCasey

dryan wrote: »

Doing a low budget holiday this year to the sister in law in Jersey for a week in August. Its a fabulous spot to visit and not that far.

Deposit paid this week on our first family Ski holiday in Italy in Feb 2019 - really looking forward to that one!!

Its a lovely place jersey it has a lot of history my mother was born in Saint Auban her parents got out before the germans landed they went to Dorset went back after the war was over. Her father mother couldn't stand the place when they went back he was very upset by the whole thing so they bought a shop in Kilkenny a green grocer retired in the mid 1980s. I have been over a couple of times not that far to travel .

Bass Reeves

dryan wrote: »

Doing a low budget holiday this year to the sister in law in Jersey for a week in August. Its a fabulous spot to visit and not that far.

Deposit paid this week on our first family Ski holiday in Italy in Feb 2019 - really looking forward to that one!!

Parishlad wrote: »

I have a skiing holiday booked for the family in Austria for just after next Christmas! It's a surprise too. Nobody knows about it and it will be unveiled as a Christmas present in some way, i.e. Happy Christmas now pack your bags we're leaving in a couple of days!!

It's costing me an arm and a leg as its a kinda nice place. But I don't mind as it's also our 10th wedding anniversary around the same time and we went to the same place skiing as part of our honeymoon.

The problem is I have to save like hell to pay for it but pretend like I still have the same money as usual. I'm waiting for herself to suggest a 2 week holiday abroad during the Summer high season! :eek:

It a bit late to be telling you lads but Poland is the best value for skying holidays. The better half and the lads were there two or three timesbetween 3-7 years ago.

Dickie10

Galway races in late July cant wait, this will be my 9th year out of 10 heading down. cant belive it hasnt been said aleady!!

PeterCasey

Where ever ye all go enjoy the same thing will be there when you come back, it would be a long year if you couldn't get away. Take a few days at easter try get away for a week around the first or second week of july before the harvest .

davidk1394

Planning to be back home in June. Work like a dog and head to the Galway races and maybe Lisdoonvarna to the match making festival with a few friends.... Just to see what its like :P

C0N0R

India and Sri Lanka in march, Scotland in may, Australia and New Zealand in July, maybe turkey in September, that's all I have planned at the moment, this farming craic is great for the holidays!

TITANIUM.

Bass Reeves wrote: »

Call into the Atlantic and look for wiggy.

And get a clip over the ear for your troubles.

Bass Reeves

TITANIUM. wrote: »

And get a clip over the ear for your troubles.

You would get more than a clip. Pete Hanley has got a lot of work from him over the years I hear.

TITANIUM.

Bass Reeves wrote: »

You would get more than a clip. Pete Hanley has got a lot of work from him over the years I hear.

You know um all Bass in fairness to you,
Pete had to get rid of his by product somewhere!🀣

ABlur

We've bought a mobile home in a popular West Clare seaside resort. Will probably be holidaying there a lot for the next 20 years!

Timmaay

Made it one of my new yrs resolutions to travel in Ireland more this yr ha, spent most my childhood holidays in Dingle, gotta go back there, never been to Donegal yet either, Aran Islands look well cool also. Weather the main lottery with all that, so may do a few lastmin long weekends over the summer.

Happened to be talked to a friend in a WhatsApp group during the week, he lives in London and was in Paris at the time, but only for the day!, on a work trip, I had to laugh at him and say I hadn't let the farm here in at least 3days. I've given up a ski trip with all them because they can only go in early March, defo doesn't suit me with calving. I'll definitely escape later in the year, and do get away more often than some of yous here I know, but still, as a full time farmer the last 6 yrs I've certainly given up alot of possible trips away.

Robson99

Algarve for 10 days during the summer. If farm cant pay for holiday then whats the point killing myself at it

Parishlad

ABlur wrote: »

We've bought a mobile home in a popular West Clare seaside resort. Will probably be holidaying there a lot for the next 20 years!

My mother has a mobile in Lahinch. It's a great escape to have. The kids love it up there and we can go there for a weekend or a night or two at a time as we live fairly close by anyway.
If only we could get a good Summer!!!

ABlur

Parishlad wrote: »

My mother has a mobile in Lahinch. It's a great escape to have. The kids love it up there and we can go there for a weekend or a night or two at a time as we live fairly close by anyway.
If only we could get a good Summer!!!

Doing it for the young lad here too. I want to get him out of Limerick in the summer hols before he gets bad habits! Also the mobile is nearer the farm than where we live so win win all round. I reckon we are overdue a good summer all the rain is out of the way.

visatorro

Away next week with the clan. Looking forward to it. Have to say I'm exhausted. Not really going to be relaxing or drinking like feck but a change of scenery is badly wanted.

whelan2

visatorro wrote: »

Away next week with the clan. Looking forward to it. Have to say I'm exhausted. Not really going to be relaxing or drinking like feck but a change of scenery is badly wanted.

I'm so jealous. We went away for a night last week and one of the kids had a vomiting bug. Came home more tired than I went

Muckit

Ah won't be long now til yer able to get away on yer own.

_Brian

I’ve a bachelor working for me, 57, lives alone. 18 cows on a tough bit of land which seems to be a mixture of rock and bog.

He goes for a week once and occasionally twice a year. Uses the travel department in Dublin. Italy, Spain, France, Portugal all done, he was talking about Croatia recently. He’s part of a local walking club and goes away with them in Ireland for a few weekends, often the only man among maybe 20 women he was saying but he doesn’t care a bit.
He has a great attitude, says that just because he wasn’t married doesn’t mean he needs to spend his whole life feeding cows and cutting rushes.

HughCassidy

You certainly need to get away after this winter it has been a struggle since last august, went to Kerry last week killarney the first couple of nights were grand velux window in the room you could see the moon stars we were not saying it the last night it poured from about five pm all night every drop that fell you could hear it on the window.

whelan2

Heading away next week, never was a break needed more than this one. Was a tough spring.

bogman_bass

Going to Seattle for a week playing a tournament there then up to Calgary and catching the first day of the Stampede then up to Edmonton to visit friends and then a day in Toronto on the way home. Except for Calgary I have people to stay with. Wouldn’t be able to afford it otherwise.

Buford T. Justice XIX

bogman_bass wrote: »

Going to Seattle for a week playing a tournament there then up to Calgary and catching the first day of the Stampede then up to Edmonton to visit friends and then a day in Toronto on the way home. Except for Calgary I have people to stay with. Wouldn’t be able to afford it otherwise.

Top of my bucket list so post lots of photos please. We were in Calgary for a week on honeymoon and I'd move there in the morning if I could. Fantastic people there. Enjoy it.



We're off to Galway for a few days next month to do a bit of sightseeing and visit a few friends on the way up and down, hopefully.

Muckit

Feck Calgary, no nicer people than galwegians!!

Buford T. Justice XIX

Muckit wrote: »

Feck Calgary, no nicer people than galwegians!!

There's a few dodgy ones in Galway.


There's this one farmer lad I know in Galway and he's pretty suspect:P

anthony500_1

Now now Buford you could be upsetting a lot of boardsie members lol.

Off to Waterford next weekend for a wedding, hardly call it a break, it's a fair treck followed by a late night I suspect so I'll be wrecked coming home

kk.man

Taking a week off work next week. Going to farm all week better than any holiday!

Parishlad

Parishlad wrote: »

My mother has a mobile in Lahinch. It's a great escape to have. The kids love it up there and we can go there for a weekend or a night or two at a time as we live fairly close by anyway.
If only we could get a good Summer!!!

It's looking good for Lahinch!!

freedominacup

Cover pit tonight. Hit for the airport in the morning. No early mornings for 11days. Hanging for it at this stage. Thought the weather wasn't going to cooperate.

Nekarsulm

We're booked on the Ferry in early August.
Some big changes coming in Sept/October!

Buford T. Justice XIX

anthony500_1 wrote: »

Now now Buford you could be upsetting a lot of boardsie members lol.

Off to Waterford next weekend for a wedding, hardly call it a break, it's a fair treck followed by a late night I suspect so I'll be wrecked coming home

Sure everyone knows there's only the one dodgy one out there:p


*dives for cover*