#MySundayPhoto – Dandelions / Pissenlits
Yesterday the acorns came up with a new use for their fidget spinners – giving dandelion clocks a hairstyle! Needless to...
Musing about in Castletown / Songerie à Castletown
When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear...
#MySundayPhoto – May Day flowers / Fleurs du 1er mai
For May Day in France, people traditionally give away lilies-of-the-valley, as the fragrant bell-shaped white flowers seem to herald the...
Kilmacurragh in bloom / Kilmacurragh en fleurs
Just living is not enough… One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. Hans Christian Andersen There was little...
#MySundayPhoto – Rhododendron Walk / Allée des Rhododendrons
Kilmacurragh Botanic Gardens are awash with colour at the moment, with the giant rhododendrons in full, glorious bloom. Yesterday as...
#MySundayPhoto – To the lighthouse / Au phare
For our first weekend away without the acorns in over ten years, we stayed in an Irish lighthouse, and we...
Easter on a Connemara beach / Pâques sur une plage du Connemara
Dream by the stream and wake up to the sound of the ocean on your Wild Atlantic Way. For the second night of our...
#MySundayPhoto – Easter / Pâques
Happy Easter from Connemara! The acorns’ little Easter baskets, handmade in France by my mum, have travelled to the edge...
Four Acorns in a camper van / Quatre graines de chêne en camping-car
Say CAMPER VAN!!! 🚐 How excited were they! No sooner had Brian disappeared inside the Craic n’ Campers office, than they wriggled...
#MySundayPhoto – Stepping back in time / Voyage dans le temps
The acorns eagerly squeezed through the 5,000 year old stone passage of the little-known neolithic cairn which caps the summit...
Hiking up a hill and back in time / Randonnée à remonter dans le temps
As often in Ireland, it started with a sunny weather forecast, and a yearning for uninterrupted views. After several woodland outings...
Wild Atlantic Achill / Achill l’Atlantique
It was Friday evening and we were approaching Westport, Co Mayo, for a 2-night stay in the Westport Coast Hotel with...
#MySundayPhoto – SUP
This is Achill – SUP on Keel’s Atlantic rollers. Voici Achill : SUP sur les longs rouleaux atlantiques de Keel.
#MySundayPhoto – Sunset on Clew Bay / Coucher de soleil sur Clew Bay
The sun was setting over Clew Bay, Co Mayo, as we reached our hotel on Westport’s harbour, for what was...
And a river runs through it / Et au milieu coule une rivière
Let the children play Stomp in the water Climb trees Draw with charcoal Build a dam Drift downhill on their scooter Throw...
