Failte 6june2024

The Letterfrack Country Shop is sponsoring a program. The tourism sector had a busy bank holiday weekend. People are advised to book accommodation in advance. The Leaving Cert and Junior classes are doing well. Tomorrow is election day. The program will feature Mr. Paul Flaherty, organizer of the Clifton Music Festival, Dermot Lassie with good news about the Omi races, and a conference call with Heather Ritchie and Donal O'Scannell about plans for the Clubhouse Bar and Restaurant and Clifton Boat Club. Niamh Davenport will talk about keeping banking and cards secure. The festival will feature various artists and tickets can be bought online or at the Woodfields Hotel. The festival is expected to benefit the town. This program is kindly sponsored by Letter Frack Country Shop, 095-418-50. This program is kindly sponsored by Letter Frack Country Shop, 095-418-50. This program is kindly sponsored by Letter Frack Country Shop, 095-418-50. Hello viewers, and welcome to another episode of the Letter Frack Country Shop. A show about everything that's going on in the country. I'm Carmel Marie, and James is on my desk today, as usual. And we're at 87.8 degrees, which is 56.5 degrees. Good evening listeners, you're very welcome to the tourism program again. It's good to have you back with us, I hope you've enjoyed the weekend, a bit of sunshine. It was a really busy bank holiday weekend for everybody involved in tourism. Especially, I think, in the tourism activities and accommodation as well. There was a lot of people I know that had trouble getting accommodation, you know, and had to go way outside of Clifton, but they got it. But, you know, it's in short supply, so I suppose the message for everybody really now, any more would be to book in advance. It's a good sign for weeks to come, though, when you see the bank holidays getting busy and all of that, you know. The Leaving Cert and Junior classes are happy enough so far. I have two doing the Leaving Cert, two grandchildren, I mean, and they're both happy enough so far, so that's kind of a sign for everybody. And hope it continues like that to the end, so the best of luck to them all. And while we're wishing luck to everybody, tomorrow is election day, and we have all candidates coming around days, every day, there's a different one or whatever, but we wish them all the very best of luck. They all go out to do their best for us. We wish them the best of luck. Hope that they will have a successful election, and may the best man and woman win. Okay? Now, my program today, I have a fairly packed program, so I'll just get on with it. My first guest is Mr. Paul Flaherty. He's the organizer of the Clifton Music Festival. Then I have Dermot Lassie with the good news about the OMI races. Next, I have a conference call with Heather Ritchie, who is the new steward of the Clubhouse Bar and Restaurant, and Donal O'Scannell, who is the chief of the Clifton Boat Club. They'll both be speaking to me together about plans for the club and the clubhouse. And last but not least, I have Niamh Davenport, who is the head of financial crime with the Banking and Payments Federation in Ireland, and she will tell us all what to do and what not to do to keep our banking and cards secure. But joining me now on the line first is Mr. Paul Flaherty. Good evening, Paul, and you're very welcome to the tourism program. Good evening. How are you getting on? Thanks for having me. Not bad. It's good to have you, Paul. I was expecting Jimmy, but I suppose, are you involved as well? Yeah, Jimmy is co-organizer along with myself there. He's a very busy man, as all of Clifton know there, so I just help him out with one or two things. Oh, that's great. It's good that you're both together. That's good. Paul, you're not a Clifton man, are you? No, I'm from near enough where Jimmy is from here. I'm from just outside. That's what I call Munive. Oh, yeah. Near where Screens of Guildcats. Where Screens of Guildcats. That's Jimmy's pub and place there, isn't it? Yeah, that's where Jimmy has the pub and the restaurant there. He's very busy with food and lively things there at the weekends as well. Great. Yeah, he's very busy with sheep there that he has as well there. Oh, darling. It's not as busy as the Woodfield, though, I'd say, the Woodfield Hotel in Clifton. It's very busy. It's great. Yeah, it's very busy there. I was talking to Martina Gavin there. She's the manager there on the day-to-day basis there. They'll be very busy with booking for the rooms and they have lovely food there morning, noon and night. Exactly, yeah. The Woodfield is kept busy for sure. Good. So I want to talk to you now today, Paul. We want to talk about the Clifton Music Festival. This is a repeat of that very famous festival last year. First of all, it's a marquee, isn't it? Yeah, so we're going ahead with our second year of the Clifton Summer Festival. We had a great year last year and we're very thankful to the Clifton Pony Breeders' Society for giving us the grounds there again for this year. We're hoping to go ahead now on Friday week there with an action-packed music festival. Yeah, would you like to give us a rundown on who you have this year? You have some returning, but you have lots of new ones as well. Yeah, we have a few returning there. On Friday, we're kicking off with local musician there, Sean Yvonne. He's starting us off there on Friday night. Then we have Maeve Walsh, who was there last year, who got a lot of traction there. Lovely voice there. She's on Friday as well, and then it's finished off by All Folk Ducks. They sold out in Hedford last weekend for over a thousand people, so they're very popular on the scene. On the Saturday night, then we have Ru La Boola, who did the homecoming there for the awfully under-20 hurlers there. They had a massive crowd there. They were playing in front of us there. Very lively band. We obviously have Mike Denver, who needs no introduction there. He's the star of the show. Oh, yeah. Country music star there for years and years. He'll always get a crowd, so that will definitely be a very busy night. Then we have, on the Sunday, we have Blessed, who are supporting the Tumbling Paddies. Yeah, that's going to be a very busy night. The Tumbling Paddies are playing worldwide, and they're getting great traction there all over the world. They are, aren't they? They're absolutely brilliant. I've just heard them on radio. I haven't seen them around, but I've just heard them on telly. Actually, they were actually brilliant. They were on the Late Late there not so long ago. Yeah, that's right. It was for the St. Patrick's Day show or something like that. Yeah, they were brilliant. Yeah, they were really good. And Maeve Welch, as you mentioned, she was there last year. She was there the night we were there, and she's absolutely brilliant. Lovely singer. Really, really good. Country and Irish on a mix, like, you know? And, of course, Sean E. Vaughan, our own Sean E. Vaughan from Clifton. Have you heard his new music? Yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah, brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. So that's a great line-up now, Paul, isn't it? Yeah, as you mentioned, there was Sean E. I think he posted that he's playing in – he's a tour coming there in the USA there in July. They're just sitting there today. And, as you said, Maeve Welch, she just finished her science degree there now, so she's been touring around the USA as well as Canada. Yeah, I've seen it. I saw it on Facebook. Lovely singer and a lovely girl. We talked about her after the thing. She's a really nice girl. So are there tickets available, Paul? Where do they get them? Any free tickets for the raffle here or anything like that? We will try and organize something. We'll try and organize something. So the tickets are still on vimp right there for Friday and Saturday. And Sunday is limited tickets at the minute. It seems to be very popular. And the tickets can be bought in at the Woodfields Hotel as well if you want to buy a ticket. If you're passing or you're around Clifton town there, you can call in and buy yourself a ticket there. It doesn't say how much or if there's an all-in weekend. Is there a weekend ticket or the individual, all-individual nights? Yeah, so the Friday night is €22.50. The Saturday is €25.00. And then the Sunday is €30.00. But there's a weekend pass there for €65.00. It's on a vimp right. If you want to get them in the Woodfields, they can show you how to buy it there as well. That's the way to go if you're free to go for the weekends. Yeah, absolutely. You're a youngster with loads of time to enjoy every bit of it. Yeah, well, last year we had all ages there. I know. We went from 18 to 80 there. So yeah, we had all ages so that we won't turn away anyone from the door there. So yeah, we look forward to seeing everyone. There was a great reaction from the town last year. And we're getting this again this year now on the run-up to the event there. So a lot of the businesses, a lot of the accommodations, a lot of the shops around the surrounding areas are getting a good twist from us there. So yeah, we really hope that this event can be an annual event and we can build on this. It will be a benefit for everyone around the town. Brilliant, yeah. Paul, it's been lovely talking to you indeed. And thank you for joining me today. And best of luck with the festival. I know it will be. Everybody's waiting for it. And if the weather holds as it is these days, sure, it will be lovely again next weekend. But in the meantime, we'll probably see you there at some stage over the weekend. Have a good week and the best of luck with everything. And thank you for joining me today on the tourism program. Lovely. Thanks very much. And much appreciated you bringing me on. Much appreciated. Well, yeah, well, if you come back with the tickets, we'll be happier to have had you. I'll bring the Tumlin Paddies with me so they can play on the air. Brilliant. That's all we need. Okay. We might hold you to that now. You're on air now live. You've said that on air. So, you know, you wouldn't know we could be sticky about that. Yeah, yeah. We'll try our best. We'll try our best. Brilliant. Brilliant. Thank you so much. And bye bye for today. Super. Thanks very much. Thanks again. Bye bye. Now, we have. Are we going to have a piece of music, James? Are we ready? Yeah, we would. We just have a little short break. We'll be back with our next interviewee. Connemara Community Radio broadcasting on 87.8 and 106.1 FM. You can also listen in to us from outside of the Connemara area on our website. www.connemarafm.com Good morning to you. And hope all is good with you on the lovely island this Sunday morning. 09541616 if you'd like a song played. Yeah. Lee Dorsey followed by Captain Beefheart. Where else would you get us? Connemara Community Radio. And I hope we'll be able to get back to you again soon. That was a great tune by Fairport Convention. A nice come on little bit of singing going on there. We're happy dancing around the kitchen. That's it for tonight. Hope that you'll tune in again next week. Connemara Community Radio. Thank you very much for listening. And I hope you enjoyed all of the music. Now, joining me on the line. You're very welcome back. Joining me on the line with their good news for this year is Mr. Dermot Lassie. Good evening, Dermot. And you're very welcome to the program. Thanks, Carmel. Thank you very much. It's great to have you, Dermot. We've been waiting your news for weeks now in anticipation of a good outcome. And you've had it. You've had it. The races are on. The races are on. Now, we're just subject to the license. But we have the most important thing is the insurance. Yeah. That was the big thing, wasn't it? Like we couldn't get the license in order until we got the insurance in order. So, everything is push, push, push. Yeah, I know. But who came up with the insurance in the end? Was it favorable? And was it okay, manageable? Okay, yeah. We had to get an engineer's report. And we had to get a lot of things done. But we got good news last Wednesday from the racing committee to say that our insurance was passed. And we can go ahead with the race. That's brilliant. Now, Ed, it's such a traditional part of this year. It has been forever. Like the OMI races were one of the dates that everybody marked in their calendar, wasn't it? So, what date is it on for this year? On Sunday, the 4th of August. Sunday. Yeah. Now, we have to start them early because the tide is against us. The tide would be closed at about half past four on the Sunday. So, we're going to start them at 12 o'clock. Oh, yeah. That's not too bad. It's not too bad. Once people will know, and we're looking out there with social media and all that, and once people will know, we can work with them. Yeah, but you have nine races on the carriage dermis. That will be rushing it a bit, no? It will, yeah. What they'll do is they'll see what horses turn up on the day. Yeah. And like a lot of years, we only end up with eight races anyhow. Yeah, I know. Yeah, and then we don't. They started the last day. They were racing last week. They started at quarter to ten, and they ran ten races, and they have tracks, everything tidied up by quarter to six in the evening. That was brilliant, brilliant. But if you cut down on the number of races on the dermis, then we won't have enough betting. You know, we won't be able to make enough money on this if you cut down the number of races. If we get races out of time, Carol, there'll be no bother with betting. It's absolutely… No bother with betting or getting tidied up. That's all it takes. Yeah, it's lovely though. It's really lovely. The way the amount of bookies and all that come there, so traditional. You know, they were always there. And Fair Play last year, when you had it, they were all there again, which is fantastic, you know? It was 2019 since we started the race. The last time, yeah, that's right. We had COVID, and we had a problem with insurance. Yeah, I know. But it was all in that one effect. I know. I was praying I'd live to see it coming back, so here I am. Thanks be to God. Well, you see, for people, people don't realise, it's such a lovely day. You think of horse racing, but there's so much more to it because it's nearly a homecoming for so many people. That was it, Carmeline. Yeah, it's always that. People rushed me and us, the whole lot, and we were trying to get a date out as soon as we could. Yeah, I know. As soon as we could, we were trying to so that they could book their holidays. We thought we'd just get going the 28th, but the tide wasn't open that day until half one. By the time we get it set up, it'll be three o'clock, so it'll be an even week. Yeah, I know. Yeah, I was actually thinking the last used to be the last Saturday or the last Sunday in August or something. We used to always plan to go for the bank holiday weekend. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, well, that's great. That's brilliant. The tide is with us, so we're going for it this year. For the fourth, yeah. Well, Dermot, the best of luck to you, and, indeed, well done on your efforts. I know there's a very, very busy committee there over the last months trying to get things done and get a successful outcome, which you have done. And everybody, if you go there, go to OMI on the 4th of August. You'll have a wonderful day. As you say it in your promo there, sun, sand, and sea, and some horse racing. And a good Irish dance, and a hundred runs scored a week. Oh, that's exactly the city, the whole shebang. It's a good day out, a good family day out. It's lovely. Hopefully the weather will stay with us. Oh, it will, yeah, yeah. You have to pray. The church is near you there. You do a few prayers on the way down. I was just there on the way down. I heard everyone talking to you, Carmen, and I just said I'd better go and pray, of course. Well, it's four o'clock. Thanks very much. Thank you, Dermot, and we'll talk to you soon. Thanks for joining us today. Bye-bye. And for you, we'll play a racist song. We'll have the gallery racist. We don't have an Omi racist song yet, but that's your next job now for next year. Yeah, we'll be in touch with Chief Recording. Yeah, okay. Okay, Dermot. Thanks a million. Bye-bye. Take care. Bye-bye. Timmy, Wack, Wally, Doo, Wally did a reality day. And as I rode out through Galway Town to speak for recreation, on the 17th of August, we might be narrated. There were multitudes assembled with their tickets at the station, and we eyes began to dazzle as they go to see the racist. Timmy, Wack, Wally, Doo, Wally did a reality day. There were passengers from Limerick and passengers from Neenah, passengers from Dublin and porters from Tipperary. There were passengers from Kerry and the quarters of the nation. Now men were Mr. Hawley, but the joy in the Galway plays. Timmy, Wack, Wally, Doo, Wally did a reality day. There were multitudes from Arran and members from Newquay, sure to buy the Connemara and declare unmarried maidens. People from Cork City who were loyal, true and faithful, they brought home the Fenian prisoners from dying in foreign nations. Timmy, Wack, Wally, Doo, Wally did a reality day. And it's there you'll see confectioners with sugar sticks and dainties, the lobsters and oranges, the lemonade and raisins, gingerbread and spices to accommodate the ladies and the pigs who beat the truffles to be stuck in while you're able. Timmy, Wack, Wally, Doo, Wally did a reality day. And it's there you'll see the gamblers, the symbols and the garters, and the sorting wheel of fortune with the four and twenty quarters. There was others who went out fruitful, pelting, mottled and formaggied, and our daddy well-competed to be gawking at his daughter. Timmy, Wack, Wally, Doo, Wally did a reality day. And it's there you'll see the pipers and the fiddlers competing, the nimble for the dancers and the chippin' and the daisies. There was others shootin' cigars and lightin' film for all the races with the colours of the jockey and the pipes of Carter's age. Timmy, Wack, Wally, Doo, Wally did a reality day. And it's there you'll see the jockeys and they mounted up so stately to sing the blue, the orange and green, the emblem of our nation. And the bell was rung for starting all the horses, teams and stations. I thought they never stood on ground as speed was so amazing. Timmy, Wack, Wally, Doo, Wally did a reality day. There was half a million people there of all denominations. Dick Connelly, Staff Protestant, Did you and Presbyterian. There was yet no honour amongst the team no matter what persuasion, what loyalty and hospitality in Duke and Miss O'Paisley. Timmy, Wack, Wally, Doo, Wally did a reality day. Timmy, Wack, Wally, Doo, Wally did a reality day. Heather Ritchie of the Clubhouse Bar and Restaurant, Clifton Clubhouse and Donald Scanlon of the Boat Club. But we're trying to get Heather at the moment so if you're listening, Heather, we're trying to get you. Donald is waiting online to talk to us. But I just want to, just a message for you before that. This is a message from the CEO of Fudge Ireland that came through today. And it's just a general, what's happening and what they're supporting at the moment on that. But there's one paragraph of it that I just thought might be of interest to anybody applying for grants or anything. And this is it, I'll just read it. For those of you located in the EU just transition region of the Midlands, I would like to remind you that at the end of this month we will be closing expressions of interest for the private and community small and medium enterprises investment grant aid scheme. If you haven't already, I strongly encourage those with an idea to develop a regenerative tourism project to submit an EOI, that's the expression of interest, before the closing date of 30 June 24. Co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union under the EU Just Transition Fund, this scheme will have a transformational impact on tourism in parts of Ireland's Hidden Heartlands and the Ireland's Ancient East. And we look forward to announcing our first approved investment in projects over the coming weeks. Now we are part of the EU Just Transition, not just of the Midlands, so there are lots and lots of schemes and grants and everything that are available. Now that particular one, the closing date is 30 June. And if you have an idea and if you want to have, if you have an expression of interest ready for anything that you want to apply for, the grants are there to help you. Now there was another thing in the, and I'm going to be talking next week about this to the, well I think to one of the Garda Síochána who do the tourist victim support system. And this is, Forge Ireland are introducing a tourist SOS as well. And that's a service that will help tourists if issues arise for them such as lost passports or if they're affected by crime or stuff like that, just to help them get their trip back on track and to enjoy their holiday with us so that they won't go away with a bad taste in their mouth about Ireland and what has happened to them. So that's Forge Ireland. Now as well as the Garda Síochána who do the fantastic tourist victim support service all the time, you know. So that's, yeah. Yeah, so that's it. That's it. And we're just getting, yeah, we're just getting Donald and Heather together online. James is doing a fantastic job. The other side of this desk, don't ask me what he's doing, but he's working, doing something anyway. He's making, putting two lines into one or whatever. But it looks good. It looks very, very, very professional, you know. It's something I wouldn't even try to explain. Good evening. I'll start with you, Heather, Heather Ritchie. Good evening. And you're very welcome to the tourism program. Hi, how are you? I'm great, thank you. Thank you for having me. Carmel Murray is my name, Heather. I haven't met you. I haven't been introduced to you yet, but no doubt I will meet you soon, as I believe you're going to run a fantastic ship down there in the Boat Club, a Clifton Boat Club. You're the new steward of the Clubhouse Bar and Restaurant. Heather, you have given a website address, Wade and Wallow, and I went in on that, and I wasn't able to get a lot of information about you. So maybe you'll start and give us a rundown on who you are, what you're about, and what your plans are for Clifton. Absolutely. I've had a bit of an echo on the line. Have you? Yeah. Is it affecting the sound on your end? No, it's fine. Are you okay there, Dawn? Can you hear me all right? Yes. I can hear you. Yeah, you're very clear. Okay, the echo is right. Yeah, is it? Yeah. I'll just ignore the echo then. Yeah, thank you. Good man. So I'm really proud of what's going on there. I hope it's a nice thing. Wade and Wallow is actually more of a travel company that we would like to build up a nice reputation for helping, whether it's Dubliners or French or Americans or whoever booking fishing and sailing trips and things. And then we've actually, with Donald's help, we've come up with a different name for the food offering there, which is the Irish, I'm learning to pronounce it, but it translates to the Boathouse, the Clifton Boathouse. So we see a wonderful opportunity to kind of have good food, good crack, and bring around or back the sort of culture of the boat club itself. And food and beverage is part of that, and we're really proud of what we're offering. There's simple flavors and simple dishes and that kind of thing. People are really there for the view. I think you would know that. That's right, yeah. And so that's really what we want to do, just get us on tap for a fiver. Yeah, well, that's probably interesting. But as well as that, no, people do like the food. I mean, we are real foodies in Ireland, Heather. I don't know how long you're in Ireland. When did you come? Well, I have to remember. We've got such a horrible line. Oh, I'm sorry, Heather. I can't hear you. We'll have to try and call you back. We can't call you back. Can you just call us in? Yeah, I might just get a different line and call you in. No. No, sorry, you're okay now. The noise is gone. We'll hold you while it's good. When did you come to Ireland, Heather? We'll have to abandon Heather. Sorry, Donald, how are you? I'm fine. I just followed on a little bit from what Heather was saying. I should perhaps get her back again. Yeah, maybe, yeah. Right, since the very beginning in, say, 1990, we've always had people who take on the stewardship of the club. Yeah. And we've had every kind of nationality. We've had Germans. We've had French people. We've had English. We've had Scottish people. Now we've got an American lady. So Heather came to us just there a couple of months ago, and she's still in the process, really, of getting the whole business set up. But, you know, she's got a great shape on the place, and her ideas are great. So we're looking forward to working with Heather. That's good. And we're looking forward to seeing lots of people go down there and enjoying, as she says, the view is just second to none, of course. From my point of view, we, of course, are a sailing club. So, you know, that's what we're trying to promote around the area is the sailing side of things. And we do a lot of teaching of youngsters as well. So Heather would be vitally important at that point of view because when the sailing courses are on, which is July and August, quite a lot of children and parents are up and down there. So they have to be fed. They have to get their coffees. So it's good like that. Yeah, that's what I was saying to Heather. You know, she was saying, you know, sort of a Guinness or Fiverr is great for, you know, for the people who would want that. Fantastic. But I think the food is so important. Absolutely. Young, hungry sailors coming in after the water. Hungry sailors. You know yourself better than anybody. You get thirsty sailors as well. So it's often the case where you get a combination of the two. Yeah. Yeah, there will be, of course, I mean, people from the town, hopefully, not just sailing people, but people who come down for a meal or for a snack and have a drink. She does cocktails and everything. So, you know, it's just a nice place. For instance, if you go for a walk around Clifton, one of the best walks you can do is from town down to the, down as far as the boat club, down to the beach. And it's a perfect opportunity to stop in and have a coffee or a tea or a drink or something like that. So, you know, as a club, we're hoping that she has a great success. And we ourselves will be supporting her by coming in for as often as we can after sailing and things like that. So, yeah, it's an exciting time to get somebody new coming into the club. They always have new ideas. That's the thing, yeah. And that's always nice to see. So that's good. Now, we got half the name there from Heather. And I'm so sorry, Heather, if you're listening to us. We just had to abandon the line. We'll talk to you another day when you're set up further and you have your menus and all of that. We'd be delighted in a couple of weeks' time. Heather's name is Heather Ritchie. Heather Ritchie. Heather Ritchie. Yeah. You know, I'd love for people to pop down, say hello to Heather, make themselves known, the fact that they've heard her on the radio and enjoy the lovely view with the lovely beer garden, which is not for beer only, of course. It's for coffees and teas. And you can sit outside in the sunshine. And really, it's an ideal. It's a lovely location. There's nothing better around town. So there you are, Carmen. That's what I can tell you about from a spokesman's point of view. It's just to see that he hasn't made a success of this. Now, Heather mentions there that you have changed the name of the restaurant to Chuck's. All I got from her was Chuck's. I think Chuck Nomad. Chuck Nomad. Yeah, the boathouse, if you like. Chuck Nomad. Chuck Nomad. Yes. And another thing we put down on the thing was Spree Cush, which is, you know, have a nice time inside the sea. So we tried to put a little bit of Irish into it as well. Yeah, very good. I know. You're so fluent. Yeah, exactly. Fantastic. Yeah. Spree Cush and Chuck Nomad. Chuck Nomad. That's lovely. I love to hear the Irish being promoted as well. You know, even every little bit of it. But, Donald, do you want to tell me a bit, because you mentioned there the young people, you know, sailing and that. Do you want to give some of the timetables and the idea for the sailing lessons? Yeah, the annual sailing lessons start in early July. I haven't got the exact date. That's fine, yeah. From the very first, maybe not the very first or second of July, but somewhere around that time. And they carry on right up until the end of August. And it's a great opportunity. We have professional, well, when I say professional, we have fully trained instructors who are recognized by the Irish Sailing Association. And all of the courses we do are under the umbrella of the Irish Sailing Association. And so they're completely properly run. We have a fleet of excellent dinghies. We have rescue boats. We have people on the water from the safety point of view and the teaching point of view. And it really does, it is a very big part of the income of the club is generated by doing that. But it's also a reason to have all these fantastic boats that we can get children out on. Great. So there's that. And then on a Thursday evening, which is actually this evening as well, myself and another very famous sailor called Jackie Ward, who you know very well. I have an idea who he is, yeah. Yes, he's your brother. We actually bring people out sailing on our cruisers, which are the bigger boats, of course. In Jackie's case, a 27-footer and mine is a 29-footer. And sometimes we have others as well. So we bring people out to introduce them to the water and how to sail a boat. So by bringing people out that way, we try to increase the interest in sailing in the area. So we're up to about five, six, seven good cruising boats in the area now, which is like a tripling of what there was a few years ago. So there is an increase in interest in sailing in Clifton, I'm happy to say. So we try to improve on that, as you can imagine. There's such an increase in all outdoor activities, isn't there? You know, what's healthier and better is when you're living inside and the facility is there to actually take part in these sports. We'd really love to see more people taking part in them. And we're always happy to bring people out. We live here and we know it, Donald. But I think for tourists who come around, that they can avail. I mean, they'll request their sailing lessons and they're all open to tourists and that. I think, you know, it's invaluable to have a service like that. Yeah. The lessons for the children are like it's a full week's course. So, you know, it's for people who are staying in the area. That's right, yeah. Well, it keeps people in the area. Oh, it does, of course. It's great for them, you know. So we try our best to push forward our own sport, which is sailing. Yeah, which is brilliant, I know. Donald, it's been lovely talking to you. See you soon. Thank you so much for having me. Thank you so much for having me. I'd like to speak to Heather again and she'll give you more details about her offerings down there. I will indeed. She's open for now. Thank you for your time. Heather Ritchie is her name and the website is Wade and Wallow. And it's a travel website that she is part of. The parent company is Wade and Wallow. And Donald Scannell, who's a spokesperson for Clifton Boat Club. Thank you so much indeed for joining me this evening on the tourism programme. You're welcome. We'll come back to Heather another day. But we'll play out with a song, a sailing song for you. And I hope you all like Rod Stewart because he is here singing sailing. I am sailing home again across the sea. I am sailing stormy waters to be near you to be free. I am flying, I am flying like a bird across the sky. I am flying past in high clouds to be near you to be free. Can you hear me? Can you help me? Through the dark I fall away. I am dying, forever crying to be with you. Who can say? Can you hear me? Can you help me? 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