#MySundayPhoto – Green Day / Jour vert
When a leprechaun dressed up as Spiderman hails in the long weekend ☘… That Ireland won the Six Nations’ Grand Slam by beating...
Hiking the Slieve League cliffs / Randonnée sur les falaises de Slieve League
Last April, Brian and I hiked together the highest sea cliffs in Europe – Slieve League, Co Donegal. You may remember...
Winter lingers at the Powerscourt Waterfall / L’hiver s’attarde à la cascade de Powerscourt
We didn’t expect to still find snow at the Powerscourt Waterfall. After all, a week after Ireland’s worst snow event in...
#MySundayPhoto – Snowmageddon
So Ireland just went through its worst snow event since 1982, a.k.a. Snowmageddon. It took the collision of two weather...
The blizzard and the sea / Le blizzard et la mer
No need to venture far for this blustery adventure! With Ireland in the midst of a snow storm, we stepped...
Dressing kids for snow – a quick guide
With the white stuff such a rare event in Ireland, dressing kids for snow can be hard. What should they...
#MySundayPhoto – Twilight / Crépuscule
This photo was taken last Sunday. We were driving back from the medieval village of Chalencon, Haute-Loire, France, when this...
Chalencon and the Devil’s Bridge / Chalencon et le pont du Diable
It was only meant to be a short outing on a breezy Sunday afternoon. Yet the medieval village of Chalencon...
Outdoor pancake party / Crêpes party en plein air
In advance of Pancake Tuesday, we had a pancake party at the Octagon, in the Glen of the Downs, Co...
French crêpes recipe for Pancake Tuesday / Recette de crêpes
Ready for Pancake Tuesday? While in France crêpes are usually eaten on 2nd February for the Chandeleur festival, in Ireland...
A romantic stay in an Irish lighthouse / Weekend romantique dans un phare irlandais
With Valentine’s day nearly upon us, I can’t think of a more romantic idea than staying in a lighthouse. It...
#MySundayPhoto – Kettle / Bouilloire
On Friday after school, we went on a Kelly kettle adventure at the Octagon, in the Glen of the Downs,...
On Connemara’s Coral Beach / Sur la plage de corail du Connemara
For the first evening of our Easter road trip in a camper van, we stopped at Trá an Dóilin, also...
#MySundayPhoto – Sticks / Bâtons
A stick is just a stick, right? Unless it is a horse, or a pole for a den, or Harry...
Digging deep to get outside / Dur dur d’aller dehors…
One of my New Year resolutions for 2018 was to get outside for one hour every day with the acorns....
