It's not quite summer weather but Leitrim was looking lovely in recent days

After the never ending cycle of dark evenings, freezing cold nights, wet mornings and a few snow showers thrown in for good measure, the good people of Leitrim had a very welcome visitor in recent days as the sun stopped by for a visit.

With everyone from farmers to tourists waiting patiently for the first sign of summer (or spring), there has been a significant improvement in the weather in recent days, although none of us here would be rash enough to expect it to hang around for too long!

Over the weekend there were some fabulous pictures uploaded on various social media platforms showcasing the county looking its very best.

Kitchen window seat view :-) #Leitrim #NoWhereElseIdRatherBe pic.twitter.com/VrJAqKrStN

— Kelly (@KellySWhalley) April 6, 2018

Leitrim mountaintop, end of day yesterday. pic.twitter.com/82xJFiiQV6

— Tommy Weir (@TommyW) April 8, 2018

I’m in Carrick-on-Shannon, home of the smallest chapel in Ireland...or maybe it’s just far away. pic.twitter.com/psKMJmvuIm

— Jimmy Carr (@jimmycarr) April 6, 2018

A cute lamb on Wild Atlantic Way. . . #wildatlanticway #leitrim #kinlough #bundoran #Ireland #travel #explore #picoftheday #wanderlust #instatravel #travelgram #travelphotography #discoverireland #view #roadtrip #irelandswildwest #loveireland #Ireland

A post shared by John Carver (@carverphoto) on Apr 8, 2018 at 12:55am PDT

Photo does not do it justice #leitrim can’t wait for summer #loughallendrive #lazysundays

A post shared by Nancy Bridget (@nancyh100) on Apr 9, 2018 at 1:29am PDT

Stay here for the summer! (We’re officially on Airbnb @meercottage_ie) #countryside #countrygetaway #irishcountryside #getaway #roadtrip #discoverireland #visitireland #igersireland #instaireland #view #sunset #sunsetview #leitrim #nofilter #nofilterneeded #summerholiday

A post shared by Riaans (@rianig) on Apr 7, 2018 at 1:17pm PDT

View from the homestead. #nofilter #leitrim

A post shared by Michelle O'Grady (@realtadrama) on Apr 7, 2018 at 12:26pm PDT

Horse riding in the dunes at sunset on the Wild Atlantic Way... . . #wildatlanticway #leitrim #kinlough #bundoran #Ireland #travel #explore #picoftheday #wanderlust #instatravel #travelgram #travelphotography #discoverireland #view #roadtrip #irelandswildwest #loveireland #Ireland

A post shared by John Carver (@carverphoto) on Apr 8, 2018 at 11:53pm PDT