[CLOSED] Win a weekend for two at the energy efficient Maryborough Hotel & Spa, Cork

AmericanFranco

I would love to enjoy a nice trip to America to visit my family! That would be fun. I have not seen in 3 years. Especially to see my great grandmother who is dieing from cancer and not winning the fight. I wish she could meet my son before she passes away. Who would be her great great grandson. He is only 4 months old.:(
Thats what I wish.

Mad Benny

I'd like to be in a big old hotel with the wind howling outside and heavy rain hitting the window. I am sitting with my wife and daughter having a candle lit meal in the restaurant. The only travelling we need to do is our four poster beds.

vanessa9

i would like to be anywere right now cork sounds lovely ,i just broke up with my ex in may after a 13 year period during that time he never brought me on a holiday so its been that long and i dont work so it would be lovely to begin my life again by goin to cork in that lovely break .

smokie2008

seychelles chilling on a lilo bed

jojoba

Broome, Western Australia. My favourite place on the planet!

Leitrim lass

quay west, florida. as long as it's not hurricane season....

nutzzz123

California

fifi33

I'd like to be on cottesloe beach in perth celebrating australia day! or failing that, in the spa in the Maryborough hotel chilling out!

FMG

Very happy sitting here flicking through old Holiday pics and I would love to be on a sun holiday with the wife ,Lanzerote would be nice :cool:.

Steoob

I just wish i could be somewhere where i could forget all my worries for a while. Could be anywhere.

confuseddotcom

Right here where I am only difference being, that I'm in paid employment, and looking forward to a complimentary stress-free Week-end Break in Maryborough Hotel & Spa in Cork courtesy of Boards.ie and ESB Customer Supply!

grimm2005

somewhere in Australia getting p!ssed celebrating Austrailia Day!

Hurricane-Dean

I would like to be in Puerto Rico, sitting on a beach in 30 degrees and the only financial problem I have is have I enough for another cocktail

thedini

sunny cork

nkay1985

Getting some much-needed relaxation in the sun somewhere in The Canaries.

TequilaMockingBird

My 10yr old nephew told me through tears last night that "you're the best Auntie in Vegas". We have never been to Vegas. I could tell him Cork is WAY better than Vegas?

debarran

Happy just to be at home with the people I love.

SuperGrover

I would like to be halfway up an industrial chimney stack, having only just woken up to find myself there in stripey pyjamas, clinging on by my fingernails.

That would be cool.

diddler1

I would love to be in the Maryborough Hotel & Spa in Cork enjoying the free break that I have won on the brilliant competition on boards.ie

wicky9

I wouldnt mind being at home. Anywhere on the island of Ireland would do. Had to emmigrate and living in the Uk for the last 3 years. Missus is back home so a weekend break in Cork might win me a few badly needed brownie points.

timmythesheep

Where I want to be is not technically on earth but up in space looking down on our blue planet. I think that it must be the most awe inspiring view. Hopefully this will be possible for many people in our lifetime.

bennyc

I wish I could be in the Harbour Bar having a pint

Saviola

In the south pole watching the aurora borealis with a nice mug of hot chocolate.

trail man

i would love to be 20 years younger and having a vision of the current economic mess in ireland then pack my bags and go to australia and start a new life instead of being 55 redundant and on the scrap heap in this banana republic..

cherryghost

Argentina so my wife can see her family again.

redsteveireland

If Ireland wasn't so messed up why would you want to be anywhere else but here at home.
But it is messed up so maybe performing in Cirque du Soleil in Vegas would do just fine.:D

copper04

At this moment in time I would like to standing at the base of the giant statue of Christ at Corcovado overlooking Rio de Janeiro. !!

dextero

Disneyland - I love Disneyland, and look at all the power it uses!

gooogle

I would like to be snuggling up in a double bed in maryborough's hotel with relaxed dim lighting coutesty of esb because I'm switching to pure comfort this year, 2011!

Saaron

Well, I was going to say on the Moon as that would be waaay more exciting but seeing as it has to be on earth I think I'd definitely choose New Zealand without a doubt.

It's beautiful, not hot, has no poisonous creatures and it's on the other side of the world!
I've always wanted to travel across both Islands and see all the weird and wonderful things that it has to offer

RustySpoon

In the valley of the squinting windows, looking out

mary21

home!:)

Carney93

In the Maryborough Hotel & Spa in Cork enjoying a lovely dinner with my girlfriend. Why would I want to be there? It's in cork! And I need a weekend away from studying!

Odia1101

On the first tee in Augusta National with Rory, GMac & Paddy .... why .... well it's golfing Mecca I guess ... a magical place and that would be some fourball !!

Dingatron

Where I am now tbh.

Aoifa in wanderland

On a modern cosmic ship to go around the world visiting all places I have always dreamed about or I wouldnt dare to dream...!

bigwormbundoran

Honestly, tis a bit boring, but where I am right now does me perfect, ive no money or anything of any material value but other than that things are going quite well all round and im quite the happy camper, anything else could ruin that

ilovebiccies

i would like to be accepting the phonecall to say i have won this competition...

shinnerssc

In the new home that my partner and I are trying to buy

tba

Back home with my family and friends.

jhynes2009

I would like to be getting ready for a fabulous dinner with my fabulous boyfriend at the Maryborough Hotel after a day of being pampered in the spa

wilson10

I would like to be in ESB headquarters with the person who runs these competitions getting them in contact with their product.

Smart Cookie

Being eco minded - I woudl like to leave the car behind and to book a first class train ticket to Cork City, stopping off in some of Dublin citie's gourmet shops for some gourmet nibbles and Easons for a good book. Perhaps I would pop into Corkscrew for a non alchol bottle of wine. Then I would take it all in my stride and board the train to Cork with my better half. We would have a royal adventure on the train - playing childish games and enjoying the countryside as we get further away from the Dublin and the beautiful countryside whizzes past us. We would then hop into a taxi in Cork and make our way to Maryborough Hotel and Spa.

After checking in I would book myself in for a super luxury treatment - massage or the like while he woudl wander around exploring the beautiful house and grounds gathering info that neither of us will use or need. We will then dress smartly for pre-dinner coktails and make our way to the restaurant where we will enjoy a four course sumptious dinner - taking hours to sample every morsel and try different wines with different courses. After dinner he will again, retire to the bar for a whiskey while I go upstairs to tweet every one of my five thousand contacts to make sure that they know where I am and that they are not having as good a time as I am and then I will then put away the computer for the rest of the weekend. I will thank God that there is wifi and marvel at the juxtoposition of old and majestic versus new and innovative and perhaps be inspired to write in my blog about the merits of old country houses such as Maryborough. I will then put on my pj' s, snuggle into the soft down and crack open the spine of that book but only make it past page three as I will most likely be in la la land by the time the xhite in whinning armour enters the room - pontificating to himself about the great range of scottish and Irish whiskeys available in the bar.

We will wake up in the morning and I will be sprightly and alive; ready for a good two hour walk and exploration of the surrounding natural gardens and landscape. We will enjoy a hearthy Cork breakfast and he will tag along all morning doing his utmost to hide the evidence of the excesses of the previous nights digestives.

We will have a great afternoon during which he will seek the hair of the dog and I will retire to the gym before dinner to work off a year of acute stress. I will dress for dinner and head down early to the restaurant - where he will allready be - surveying the menu - and we will perhaps enjoy a very nice bottle of wine with another incredible dinner.

Tired from the country air, our gastronomic excesses and perhaps wanting to spend a romantic evening in bed together - we will retire to our room and enjoy our last night there. In the morning we will enjoy another fine breakfast and then it will be time to tip genourously and take the train back to Dublin to tell all our friends how great our free weekend was and to admit that we spent more than it would have cost us anyway - on all the extra bits that we couldnt avoid doing.

On Monday we woudl facebook everybody and send a thank you note to all who made this dream weekend a possibility and post a thread on the boards to let you all know how it went and what we thought. We woudl also book a weekend for our parents anniversary - upcoming soon.

We would smile and that's where in the world we woudl like to be! Please press the button Chris and light up our weekend. You have the power! As they say in Star Wars. May the force be with you.

All the best,

Smart Cookie

Shelli2

The only place I want to be right now is anywhere my family are. My OH has had to travel to the UK for a funeral and I'm at home in Dublin with our son. It wouldn't matter to me where in the world we were if we could be together.

I would love to win this competition to cheer up my wonderful man when he comes home from his sad and emotional trip next week!

garimac

pick me

lostdesign

In my bed because i'm sick!

Narsil

Sipping Kona Coffee on Kailua beach in Hawaii

georgem25

On a sunny beach!

Cathmandooo

I'd love to be at home having a nice dinner and a glass of wine because it has been a long week in work

Smurf2000

I'd love to be in Thailand sipping pina coladas while sitting at a pool bar on honeymoon with my wife! It was amazing, such fabulous memories