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Today it is March, so it is officially spring in Ireland. So, it's a lovely spring day. So, we are going to go for a

spring day. So, we are going to go for a spring walk. So, it's very nice. The

spring walk. So, it's very nice. The

sky, look at that. The sky is blue. The

trees are green, but it is still very cold. It was minus1°

cold. It was minus1° this morning. So, I still need to wear

this morning. So, I still need to wear my hat, my scarf, and my coat, but it is definitely The weather is getting

better. There is more sun in the sky.

better. There is more sun in the sky.

Still raining, but there's less there's less rain. So, let's go for a spring

less rain. So, let's go for a spring walk. Behind me we have a pond.

walk. Behind me we have a pond.

So that is a pond. A pond is a small little bit a small bit of water that fish can live in. It's just the start of

spring. So the trees the trees are still

spring. So the trees the trees are still bare. There are no leaves on most of the

bare. There are no leaves on most of the trees. The the trees behind. So these

trees. The the trees behind. So these

trees, let me see these these trees here are called evergreen evergreen trees. So

they don't lose their leaves. They stay

green all year round. But these are normal trees and they're still bare. So

the plants have not started to bud yet.

There are a few flowers starting to bud.

So I'll show you those. Because the

weather has been quite wet, the ground is very muddy. So there's a lot This is mud. There's a lot of mud. So this is

mud. There's a lot of mud. So this is whenever it rains on grassy areas, it becomes very muddy. So your shoes get

quite dirty. Look at that. The mud is

quite dirty. Look at that. The mud is very thick there. So your shoes do get quite dirty in springtime here when it's raining, but you want to go for a walk.

So I'll step over the mud. to step on some stones.

Over here behind us we have this is called a derelch house. A derelch house is a house that nobody lives in. It's

old. Um and in Ireland we have a lot of derelct houses. So many derelct houses.

derelct houses. So many derelct houses.

And this is because in 1800s during the famine a million Irish people immigrated outside of Ireland, so to America,

Australia, etc. And a million people died from the famine. So Ireland's

population never recovered from the famine. So before the famine we had about 8 million population and now

we have about 5 million population. So

our our population went down and it has not recovered. So that means there are

not recovered. So that means there are hundreds of derelct houses around Ireland from the famine from the 1800s.

Houses that nobody lives in. Look

there's another derelch house.

And the government at the moment is actually giving a grant to people to up to buy these derelct houses and to make

them into homes. So the government, the Irish government is trying to resurrect all the derelct houses. I'm so excited

that spring is finally here because the days in Ireland are getting longer. So

in winter, our days are very short.

gets bright at about 9:00 in the morning, 9:00 a.m., and gets dark again at about half 3 or 4. So, we only get about 6 or 7 hours of sunlight in

winter, and then it's just pitch pitch black. It's dark after 4, 4:00.

black. It's dark after 4, 4:00.

So, now that it's March and it's spring, the days are getting longer and it gets right about half 7 in the morning and

gets dark again at about 6 or half 6.

So, we now have about 11 hours of sunlight, nearly 12 hours of sunlight. I

love when the days get longer because you can go for walks outside. It does

get very depressing when you're inside all evening from 4:00 and it's dark and you can't go outside and it's wet. So, I love springtime as

the days are longer. Let me know what daylight hours do you have? How many

hours of sunshine do you have? Now, the

best thing about having short days in winter is that we get long days in summer. So, in summertime,

in summer. So, in summertime, it is gets bright at about 5:00 in the morning and doesn't get dark until 11:00 p.m. at night. So,

p.m. at night. So,

it's only dark for about 6 hours of the day. So, we get about 18 hours of

day. So, we get about 18 hours of daylight. So, I love summertime. And in

daylight. So, I love summertime. And in

Ireland, we call that a long stretch in the evenings. A long stretch because it

the evenings. A long stretch because it doesn't get dark until 11:00. So, we

call that a long stretch in the evenings. I love sunny days. I love the

evenings. I love sunny days. I love the sun. But the only bad thing about summer

sun. But the only bad thing about summer and the sun in Ireland is we get a lot of midgeties. So, these little flies, I

of midgeties. So, these little flies, I don't know if you can see them. They're

small little bugs that come out when it's sunny and dry and they're like itchy. They bite you. So, they're called

itchy. They bite you. So, they're called midgetes. They're not dangerous or

midgetes. They're not dangerous or anything. They're just annoying. So,

anything. They're just annoying. So,

that's my least favorite thing. We also

get flies. And I hate flies. They're so

annoying. But they only come out in summer. So they're my least favorite

summer. So they're my least favorite thing about summertime are all the flies and the bugs. But that's one good thing about Ireland is in the winter time we

have no insects or no creatures annoying us because it's too cold for all the insects to come out. It really is so beautiful when the sun comes out and

there are no clouds in the sky. This is

very rare here. And it just boosts the mood. It boosts the endorphins.

mood. It boosts the endorphins.

Get a little bit of vitamin D. Don't get

vitamin D here too often. So, it really is a mood booster. It's so beautiful.

Even though it is cold, it's about 0° now. But I love it. I love the sun. I

now. But I love it. I love the sun. I

love the contrast contrast between the blue and the green is such bright colors. Um, so yeah, let me know in the

colors. Um, so yeah, let me know in the comments what the weather is like with you in your country and how long the days are, how much sunlight you are

getting. Um, I'm going to continue on my

getting. Um, I'm going to continue on my walk now. Thank you so much for coming

walk now. Thank you so much for coming on a nature walk with me. I hope you learned a few English words and I'll see you later. Bye.

you later. Bye.