I've heard lots of local talk about a new glamping village coming to Enniscrone, Co. Sligo. Now this is glamping with a difference (nothing to do with the pic above by the way but that's the old Cliff Baths in Enniscrone). David McGowan, an undertaker based in the town, has come up with a unique... Continue Reading →
Enchanting Eindhoven
This is such and overdue blog post. It's almost a year since we went to Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Ryanair had cheap flights so we decided to go somewhere different and somewhere that we hadn't really thought about before - so Eindhoven was the place. We had no preconceived ideas about the place, although I... Continue Reading →
Derry Scary
Yesterday Jono and I went to visit Derry for the day. I've heard it's the best place to celebrate Halloween and they had events running all week so we decided to check it out. It's almost a 3 hour bus trip each way but it's well worth the journey. The first thing we did was... Continue Reading →
Glasnevin Cemetery
This week we had a day trip to Dublin. Lucy and Jono wanted to look around the shops and as I'm not a shopper it was the perfect opportunity for me to go off exploring. The Glasnevin Cemetery and Museum has been on my 'to do' list for years so it was great to finally... Continue Reading →
10 ½ things to do in Sligo
With the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann starting this Sunday I thought I'd do a list of things to do for visitors coming to Sligo. I'm not going to mention the Fleadh events because you will all know about those but these are ones that visitors might not know about. All are my personal recommendations and they... Continue Reading →
Discovering Derry
Yesterday Jono and I took a bus trip. Since I started my Wild Atlantic Wayfarer project Jono has been telling me about the machine on Bus Eireann - the Wayfarer machine, so it seemed only right I should get a photo of it. Now I have to admit bus trips were something else I was... Continue Reading →