tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22462294182558818092024-03-14T10:42:12.709+00:00Julia Galvin -Sink or SwimBanged up in hospital racked with chronic pain, Julia turns to the Guinness Book of Records to distract herself. An article jumps out like capital letters on a sandwich board; it features some crazy guy Bog Snorkelling. There and then she vows, “If I ever walk again, I'm going to do that...”Bogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246229418255881809.post-85505372092211871552017-06-16T11:43:00.000+01:002017-06-16T12:03:45.552+01:00#ImBackingLen The Principality of Hutt RiverI learned the outcome of the case against Prince Leonard today. It has both saddened and shocked me. As a Dame Commander of The Serene Order of Leonard my loyalties will always rest with The Principality of Hutt River.
Their Highnesses run a marvellous tourist centre where there is absolutely nothing else.
Nain is truly a Jewel in a crown.
#longLiveLen
<a href="http:// http://www.principality-hutt-river.com/Sports/Novelty_Sports/Dame%20Julia%20Galvin%20DSOL%202011%2001%20007.jpg"></a>Bogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246229418255881809.post-80632967200263570032014-01-29T13:41:00.001+00:002014-01-29T13:41:40.512+00:005-O! new on my flag map.HELLO Hawaii! Hawaii is the latest region to be added to my flag counter. I knock great craic out of looking at my flag counter...somebody new every few days! Plus the regulars who check in quite often. It is so nice (and funny) that you pay little ol' me a virtual visit! Many thanks! @JuliaGalvinbog is my Twitter feel free to contact me. I was at yoga last night in Listowel that was soothing for the spirit. And staying bendy and stretchy is good for the body. It certainly helps with my sciatica. So, I suppose the word for today is Namaste!
Bogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246229418255881809.post-53751278290919055502014-01-18T12:20:00.000+00:002014-01-18T12:20:09.066+00:002014...How lovely!?!Greetings and a happy new year to all of you!!
2013 was an eventful year, I cut my hair for charity. I took part in a Christmas tree throwing competition.
In May,I took part in the world stone throwing competition held in Corrofin.
I went to the wife carrying competition but unfortunately nobody carried me. But I had a great time in Finland as usual!
Whilst I was in Finland the sad news of HRH Princess Shirley's death reached me I kept my Principality of Hutt River flag at half mast in recognition of this lovely lady.
In August I took part at the annual bog snorkelling competition
in Llanwrtyd Wells , Wales.
I also went to Fatima and Tomar in Portugal with my Father Frank. We had a lovely time. We had a quiet Christmas free from snow but it was quite windy.
I have also been following a most wonderfully inspiring chap www.jamiemcdonald.org
Have a great 2014 people!Bogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246229418255881809.post-28706586135909490612013-07-04T01:56:00.000+01:002013-07-04T01:56:57.576+01:00Finland Suomi Sonkajärvi Eukonkanto Wife CarryingPeople ask me how does one prepare for the Wife Carrying World Championships in Sonkajärvi Finland. Simple! Listen to Lordi...walk to your closest lake in the nip and jump in...and sleep with the light on. Having a strongman to carry me would come in handy...but one can't have everything... Much love and peace to you all.Bogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246229418255881809.post-34762624522309851042013-06-25T16:56:00.000+01:002013-06-25T16:56:00.739+01:00 привет России!привет русских! Я вижу, у вас есть новый найденный интерес ко мне. Как я могу помочь?Bogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246229418255881809.post-61747505528133870262013-06-24T21:27:00.000+01:002013-06-24T21:27:19.567+01:00Those Summer Nights...Hello! I hope your Summer is going well and that you are with people that make you happy. Please feel free to contact me on twitter @JuliaGalvinbog
Bogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246229418255881809.post-35302458717569788302013-06-04T15:51:00.003+01:002013-06-04T15:51:19.426+01:00Some Like it hotter....I have celtic skin. It burns easily...
I have set up a new weather page on F.B "Listowel Weather Guide."Bogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246229418255881809.post-53234212140036084182013-02-07T10:29:00.005+00:002013-02-07T10:34:22.371+00:00February.I love it! heres a blog from Phil McCluskey <a href="http://adrinkwithastranger.tumblr.com/"></a>"A drink with a stranger.com"Bogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246229418255881809.post-41705516280337319152012-12-24T23:27:00.000+00:002012-12-24T23:29:05.132+00:00Merry Christmas!I am a terrible woman to neglect you all! As they say...follow me on Twitter if you wish...JuliaGalvinBog I am currently growing my hair for www.littleprincesstrust.org It's coming along quite well. I have a couple of things to do this year...watch this space!
This year I appeared in two Academic papers...one saying I was mad or crazy... the other spoke about my moral epiphany...Scholars are a divided bunch...!
I hope that Santa comes to see you..!! God Bless you and have a wonderful 2013!Bogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246229418255881809.post-79295176578704917402012-12-24T23:26:00.000+00:002012-12-24T23:26:06.485+00:00Merry Christmas! Be nice to eachother! I am on Twitter JuliaGalvinBog
Thank you for coming to visit this blog...I am not the best at updating my thoughts. But today you are as young as you will ever be. Start your adventures today.
Much love, good vibes and good health!Bogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246229418255881809.post-77326719630901890642012-08-28T23:38:00.004+01:002012-08-29T00:36:35.305+01:00You will have to wait!You will have to wait...I am a little bit tired.. NO..A LOT tired but at the World Alternative Games I got a Gold...! More will follow in a day or two! Much love and super vibes to you! Please go to Sol Neelman's blog www.wired.comBogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246229418255881809.post-16220085492297653402012-08-02T18:51:00.000+01:002012-08-02T18:59:35.177+01:00I competed at the World Wife Carrying Contest - I CAME SECOND (last)Hello my dears! It's been an eventful couple of months,so I shall share the highlights. (On reflection...I think I will make that singular...)
I had the great honour of representing Ireland and The Principality of Hutt River at The 20th Annual Wife Carrying Race in Sonkajärvi, Finland.
Weighing in at 132kg, I know will never go to the Olympics, but I am always proud to represent my country. I could (like some of these horrid trolls) stay at home and criticise the efforts of other sports people and never participate in life and games myself,but I know through my positivity, I endevour to enrich the lives of others....maybe (in my own peculiar way) even more so than that the elite athletes...? :D
I have always hoped through my scoliosis/sciatica/size that I would inspire others to do something...anything...Bog snorkelling And Wife Carrying I know are extreme, but, If I can do something maybe you can too?
Finally,I would like to thank the People of Finland for taking such good care of me ! OF COURSE UNTOLD THANKS to Estonia's Mr. Teet Peetre for finding the strength to lug my carcass around the track. ÄITAH!
Spread kindness and love people!!Bogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246229418255881809.post-31917611655347196162012-05-21T17:01:00.000+01:002012-05-21T22:46:30.539+01:00Eurovision Week! OMG!For me, it started with ABBA's Waterloo, I have swooned over Johnny Logan and his old white suit and felt robbed when Linda Martin's "Terminal 3" was pipped at the post, overjoyed with her "Why me?" win. I have missed american wakes over Eurosvision. It's the one thing all year that makes me feel European.
Now, I feel the time has come, at 41 I am mature enough to be foolish.
I can't deny it...I LOVE JEDWARD. It's over. There. I have said it. It's out in the open. It's nearly as hard to say one is a Catholic as a "Jedhead"
Musically, they wouldn't be my current cup of tea, but youth must have it's day.
At the height of my own youthful exuberance I enjoyed Bros in the 80's...The crew, a generation ahead of me had the Bay City Rollers ...And before that... who cares? They don't read blogs...ha ha ha.
Jedward are inate publicity geniuses They can read the public like a savante absorbs an encyclopedia they are International stars and I wish them well.Bogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246229418255881809.post-7027515864684839812012-05-01T11:37:00.000+01:002012-05-01T11:39:57.841+01:00Shouldn't you be working????Hello! So your surfing has brought you to a new low...?! To think your boss thinks you are looking at spreadsheets and doing research...
Research this next...Wife carrying, bog snorkelling, World alternative Games in Llanwrtyd Wells in August. And The Principality of Hutt River. Have a great day! And remember, there's more to everything that meets the eye.Bogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246229418255881809.post-88331803345173982372012-04-30T20:47:00.000+01:002012-04-30T20:47:09.339+01:00Moi EestiMa armastan Eestit! AitähBogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246229418255881809.post-83522942125655305622012-04-21T21:23:00.000+01:002012-04-22T00:14:25.704+01:00Nature never lies.I saw them today. They were beautiful, graceful, unannounced and without luggage. Dancing..intertwining like the two lovers on the willow pattern
plate..The swallows have arrived; Summer has sent her landing party.
It's odd the things we use to mark out the year. For me, it was a conker tree in the "babies' yard". I loved collecting conkers in September..the joy of being the first person ever to see the little auburn nut... The Spring brought the sticky buds..The Summer brought forth branches, bent with lignified scolioses under the weight of candles and the green leaves. I could see all this from my desk...I hated school.Bogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246229418255881809.post-74787659107139944462012-04-08T09:24:00.000+01:002012-04-21T22:52:25.426+01:00Hop to it!Hello and Happy Easter to you all!Bogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246229418255881809.post-23972839895692068622012-03-17T14:35:00.001+00:002012-04-21T22:56:53.399+01:00Happy St.Patrick's DayHappy St.Patrick's Day to you all! I hope it's a great day where you are!
Today,I have gone to the bog, sea and to the Listowel St.Patrick's Day Parade.
Be good to yourself!Bogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246229418255881809.post-30393715604443620502011-11-12T14:41:00.003+00:002011-11-12T14:53:18.642+00:00Joy to the World.Hello boys and girls!! Let's smile a little more... hold doors for others....make people feel as though they count....help strangers..help friends... find old friends...love the dogs that eat your jeans "...for they know not what they do..." To quote a friend of mine.." Try to leave a room happier than when you entered it."<br /><br />This is a great day.<br /><br />Love , Peace and Joy and Health to YOU!!Bogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246229418255881809.post-84720906228625836832011-08-15T16:08:00.004+01:002011-08-15T16:24:45.920+01:00'tis the season to be boggy!We live in interesting times. Get your wetsuit out and go to the Bog <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Snorkelling</span> World Championships! They are being held in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Llanwrtyd</span>-Wells, Wales.
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<br />Bogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246229418255881809.post-37135425187658332011-07-01T16:00:00.002+01:002011-07-01T16:04:59.331+01:00Rawhide!Well folks, things happen, situations change and unfortunately I have to inform you that there is no Wife carrying representative for The Principality of Hutt River this year. A freak accident has left me with second degree burns about 20cm x10cm but I have next year to look forward to. catch you soon!Bogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246229418255881809.post-31823792133184708602011-06-13T16:01:00.006+01:002011-06-13T16:08:22.130+01:00Carrier Confirmed.Mr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Mauri</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Zahkna</span> of Estonia has confirmed his wish to carry me at this year's World Wife Carrying Championship in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Sonkajarvi</span>, Finland. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Mauri</span> has carried me before in 2009. I will be representing The Principality of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Hutt</span> River.Bogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246229418255881809.post-30775938647193879252011-05-20T18:19:00.008+01:002011-05-23T19:42:15.017+01:00Incommunicado.....Tomorrow, I will attend my only Goddaughter's First Holy Communion. I hope it is sunny and I hope she smiles! I am thinking back to my own 'day out' 33 years ago. Outside my bedroom door in the hallway, the photo hangs, Dad, me and Mum. Mum is the only one smiling, myself and Dad wince in the May morning sunlight, Mum nudges me and through her teeth (like a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ventriloquist</span>) tells me to smile too. Too late, no digital re-takes! An eternal grimace.<br /><br />I've not been up to much recently, I hope to be in Finland in July for Wife Carrying. It looks like I will only be a spectator...there's a drought of strong thirsty men in the world....!!But as a Finnish Champion Wife Carrier once paraphrased to me "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">YUUULIA</span>! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Laife's</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">laike</span> a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">bux</span> of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">chukolaites</span>.....!!"Bogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246229418255881809.post-45650058233388245922011-04-11T17:53:00.003+01:002011-04-11T18:04:03.573+01:00It Rained On My Parade...!It was March 19th, I was in Singleton attending a fundraiser for The Children's Cancer Institute Australia. The evening was a great success, the family and friends of the late Tom Kirkwood had gathered in his honour.<br />I had had a thoroughly good time and had met some inspiring people. The most inspiring had to be Mr. Kurt Fearnley, a Gold Medal Olympian (too much for me to even try to attempt to describe his achievements maybe you should do a wee search for yourself).<a href="http://kurtfearnley.com/"> http://kurtfearnley.com</a><br />I probably had about 40mins sleep before getting up to travel to the Sydney St.Patrick's Day Parade and Family Festival. I was so excited! I was to assist at the commentary of the St. Patrick's Day Parade. This was to be a major bullet point on the "Galvin Bucket List"...but it was not meant to be... from Cessnock to Sydney the rains were tropical and consistent...like what you'd find on Beale Strand on a balmy August day... a downpour. Then the inevitable happened..I got a phone call from President Ger Ryan.. this was around 8.20am and a strange maturity soon replaced the disappointment...Yippee!! I could go back to bed!Bogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246229418255881809.post-89975273576897853702011-03-09T03:57:00.007+00:002011-03-09T04:29:50.448+00:00Here's The Juice...!I left Orange. And I spent a week in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Lithgow</span> in the shadow of the Blue Mountains and indeed we must have been in the shadow as it was lovely and cool about 18c. It suited my Irish complexion very well. My friends took me to see the THREE SISTERS rock formation definitely worth a viewing. <div>After hanging out in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Lithgow</span> for a week I headed once more for the big smoke of Sydney, there I met up with some old friends Kevin and Tanya they are the proprietors of the Sydney based fashion house "Minty Meets <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Munt"</span> <a href="http://mintymeetsmunt.bigcartel.com/"> http://mintymeetsmunt.bigcartel.com/</a></div><div>I also got dolled up and attended The Benji Marshall Foundation Ball in aid of the Children's Cancer Institute Australia. <a href="http://www.ccia.org.au/">http://www.ccia.org.au/</a> a good night was had by all. </div><div><br /></div><div>The following day I headed for Singleton <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">NSW</span> and that's where I am now meeting up with a few old friends from the wife carrying scene. </div><div>Next week I will attend a Memorial Evening for our friend, Singleton's Tom <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Kirkwood</span> that had he young life cut short by cancer. I am sure he'll be with us all in spirit.</div>Bogchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055625063837916786noreply@blogger.com0