Sunday, October 08, 2006

Farmed!

Yay! A farm trip, the journey lasted 1.5-2 hrs. Pretty long. Took the N3 and the M50, northbound. We passed Navan, and Kells, and the farm is just beyond Kells in County Meath. 68km as the crow flies.


Departure =)


Sam and I.


Sam and Alwyn.


Toll charges!!! Buses: €3.10!!!


Toll


An old bridge on the way to Navan.


Arrival =)


The farm's name.


Walking in.



Making Irish soda bread. My partner Chris from Austria.


Kneading with a spoon. Too sticky to do it with hands, haha.


The unbaked bread.


About to bake =) We had it for lunch.


Trying to ride the pig.


Catch (or caught) the rooster. Not easy!


Baaaaaaaaaaa


Mooooo


Sheep running across the plains.


Nettles!!!


More cows.


3 very enthusiastic people.


The truck which we rode.


=)


A very good sheep dog.


The bread for lunch.


A fireplace =) Smokey..cough cough..


In the truck. Sitting on hay.


Arrr.... shutter speed not fast enough.

A man made mound.

Tom, digging for turf (peat used for fuel) in a bog. Almost like Malaysia's peat. Also, deep in the peat, it's as cold as a fridge. Last time, they actually stored butter in the bog.

Catching turf.

Tom showing some lichen =)


Neigh

8 comments:

evil yun said...

weh weh! Bake the soda bread n bring to class leh! i wanna try!!!

Jien said...

haha, i actually would, hopefully soon :D need to supplement my food. if it's cheaper, I won't be buying bread anymore. yay! another saving!

Sam Leong said...

Haha.. I won't try.. I don't trust my baking.. Haha..

evil yun said...

cheap?? then teach me!!!! i wanna try oso!!! go back can FLAUNT something "irish" at least.. =P

Jien said...

haven't done the math, dunno cheaper or not yet =) but hope so la!

Sam Leong said...

Aiks.. no new posts??.. hahaha..

Jien said...

haha biochem la!! no time to post or do anything else. sigh..

fazrul mokhtar said...

fooodd..foooodd..

nyum.