The Italian Job – Dublin to Lake Garda
Every January I create a vision board and it is placed in my office at eye level behind my laptop. I spend a couple of nights snipping and cutting photos from numerous magazines and newspapers, to keep me focused throughout the year. I always stick places I want to travel to that I have not […]
Dunfanaghy, Murder Hole Beach, Fanad Lighthouse and so much more – Discover Donegal
We took off for Dunfanaghy from a thundery, wet Dublin. Car stacked with the important stuff – iPad, switches, chargers and most important, the car snacks. My daughter is always in charge of the road trip snacks. Google maps stated under four hours, I added on another hour for stops and traffic. I have been […]
Derry and Beyond
I remember driving past the sign for Derry on a trip to Dundalk and Carlingford and noting it in my notepad in my head to revisit. Roll on a few months and I found myself looking at Airbnb for Derry spurred on by a friend who lives there, author jane Buckley. I found a house […]
The Rose Hotel Tralee – Irish Hospitality At Its Best In Kerry
I am constantly reading reviews of places to visit in Ireland and as a solo traveller with small children, I need to do my homework before I venture into the unknown. As a single parent of two small children and always looking for an affordable holiday package, I have found post-pandemic and the unexpected war […]
Exploring some of the popular visitor sites along the Wild Atlantic Way
My road trip with my eight-year-old twins exploring the Wild Atlantic Way. My plans to go to Donegal for St Patrick’s weekend this year were tainted by Covid and everything had to be canceled. I was devastated as it was my birthday also that weekend and at this stage, I feel Covid has robbed me […]
Just keep Swimming……
I was delighted to feature on Ripple Effect Ireland’s Instagram community page in a feature where they chat to sea swimmers from everywhere. 🙂 How do you feel when you have been for a sea swim? I feel delighted I did it, especially in the winter months. I like challenges and this has been […]
Ssh…It’s that time of the month…
Like many writers and journalists now, I feel compelled to write about the Tampax debate. It’s strange to see so much negativity around the now banned advertisement. Looking through the statistics of the 84 complaints – they were mostly women. I wanted to share an extract of a chapter from my memoir (not yet published) […]
PPE- Productive, Perspective, Educate
Throughout the pandemic, we have become accustomed to a lot of new terminology including PPE and relating that to the front line workers equipment. Instead to me it also means something else entirely, it means- Productive, Perspective, Educate. Productive- Most certainly, Perspective – I changed mine, Educate – Free online training. Throughout the pandemic, I […]
Half the world away
“I would like to leave this city This old town don’t smell too pretty and I can feel the warning signs running around my mind And when I leave this island I’ll book myself into a soul asylum ‘Cause I can feel the warning signs running around my mind” How appropriate are these lyrics from […]
New Year, New Lists…
So, it been a while since I posted. I really don’t know where the time goes. And is Christmas really over? People still have Christmas trees up. I for one had mine down before January 6th. I don’t feel bad as my friend took hers down on the 28th December. I find January is a […]
Trick or Treat..
So, its nearly Halloween time again and guess what? Christmas products are everywhere to be seen already. OMG. Far too early for me. But the other side of it is, its time to get organised or start to think about the white-bearded man…. SANTA. I have two very excited kids who asked me to get […]
Summer fun…
I was worried when I collected the kids from their last day of school at the end of June, what the hell do I do now. I’m not one for summer camps, I never did them with my oldest son, perhaps as it was only one child. Different when there’s two to keep entertained. I […]