This is a very overdue blog but better late than never. Last year I went to Manchester for a couple of days and visited the Coronation Street Studio Tour. The tour was meant to finish in October but has proved so popular they've carried it on. The tour is of the old Coronation Street set... Continue Reading →
Back to the 1940s
Over the weekend I went to Manchester with Jono. I will do a proper blog about that later but when I was looking at the Manchester Facebook page someone had suggested that visitors might like to check out the 1940s weekend at the East Lancashire Railway. I'm a real train fan and when I found... Continue Reading →
Magnum in Wolverhampton
I had a very short visit to the UK over the weekend to see Magnum playing at the Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton. For those of you who don't know I'm called Magnumlady after a rock band...and I'm still a groupie after 30 odd years of being a fan! The photo above was taken somewhere over Birmingham... Continue Reading →
Mullaghmore Heritage Walk
Yesterday I went along to explore Mullaghmore. Seatrails were holding a heritage walk so it was a brilliant opportunity for me to find out more about the area and to experience a Seatrails walk. I was in good company, along with award-winning travel writer Pól Ó Conghaile, Auriel from Seatrails, author and historian Joe McGowan... Continue Reading →
The Deserted Village, Achill
Following on from my first Achill post I stopped at The Deserted Village. There are around 100 cottages at the base of Slievemore mountain along a mile long stretch. Now it was called the deserted village but I wasn't alone. I had an audience of sheep! So there I was minding my own business and... Continue Reading →
Around Achill
Today I went to Achill Island for the first time ever I'm ashamed to say! I was heading to Westport to see my friends exhibition and I realised the Custom House Gallery didn't open until 1pm so I had several hours to kill and decided to explore. I'm going to do a couple of posts... Continue Reading →
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