The ever popular Gala Road Races take place this year on Tuesday July 22nd at 7:45 pm.
If you fancy tackling the 10 Mile Race or splitting it by entering a Relay Team, on-line entry forms are now available, click here.

Thursday, 1st of May sees the launch of a new BBC1 drama series, “The Invisibles”, although supposedly set in Devon, anyone familiar with Portaferry will soon spot quite a bit of the drama was actually shot here in the town. If you haven’t been home for a while though, don’t go looking for a certain pub on the shore front, it was a mock up for the duration of the production !

Kicking off Gala Week 2008, will be a Battle of the Bands, taking place in the square from 3pm on Saturday the 19th of July. If you would like to enter please fill out the entry form by clicking here.

On Easter Monday, members of the Gala will be out and about with a questionaire. Please fill it in and let us know what you’d like to see in Gala Week 2008. Of course you can also do this online, simply click here for the Gala Feedback Form. This is YOUR chance to have YOUR say about the Portaferry Gala, so please do fill out one of the forms. The Gala Crew will be around the Market House all day Easter Monday.

Dates for the Diary: Gala Week this year will run from Sat July 19 to Sat July 26th.
 As always if you’ve any suggestions, comments or would like to help with the organisation of this years events, please do get in touch at the usual address : info@portaferrytown.com

Since it is so rare to see snow in the town, here are a few more pictures, if you’ve any snowy scene snaps , do feel free to mail them in (pics@portaferrytown.com) and we’ll put them online.

Not normally known as a snowbound town, Portaferry was seriously “snowed under” on Thursday afternoon. The main road was closed for a time and many people faced a long wait as they returned home from work, some even had to leave their cars and walk ! It was a really odd day weatherwise as lightning flashes crashed across the lough well into the night and the normally mild temp sat at -1 for most of the day.

I guess you know the festive season is over when the Square is quiet again, heading out to work at 5 this morning, I was walking to the car wondering what was different, then it struck me, the music from the Crib was gone for another year…. aw well….. back to the grindstone and all that !

Well, the Site Ed has had his annual chuckle at Miss Sophie and Poor Ole James the Butler (First Tip for 2008, Don’t ask – just Google “Dinner for One” if you’re really bored some time…..) and the Bells have rung in the New Year, well in Scotland, if not Portaferry.

Best wishes to everyone for the New Year and full steam ahead for Gala 2008. As always if you’ve any ideas or comments for this year, please do get in touch.

No, nothing up for grabs, it’s just for fun, have a go at our festive quiz and if nothing else, you’ll have a few interesting facts to throw into the  conversation around the table.

Gala Christmas Quiz