Posts by Annette

Along Strabane’s towpath / Sur le chemin de halage de Strabane

We spent last weekend in Northern Ireland, for it was Grandad’s 75th birthday. On Saturday afternoon, we went out for...

Powerscourt Waterfall in autumn / La cascade de Powerscourt en automne

On Monday, my sister Aline arrived from France with her daughter for a week-long stay. On Tuesday, I showed them...

Camping in the Mourne mountains / En camping dans les montagnes de Mourne

Camping in the Mourne mountains / En camping dans les montagnes de Mourne

If last year’s camping in Co Meath was a load-the-car-and-go kind of trip, this one was a few weeks in the...

Connemara – Omey Island at low tide / A marée basse

On our third and last day in Connemara, we left our cosy ‘camping house’. The idea was to go and...

Connemara – Between surf and turf / Entre tourbière et mer

Sunday was the day of the Bog Road and the Sky Road. In-between, there was Gurteen Bay. The day started...

Connemara again / Retour au Connemara

I said we would be back for our next Irish getaway… Six months after our stay at the Delphi Adventure...

Hop n’ Hunt at Powerscourt Gardens / Chasse en sac à Powerscourt Gardens

Hop n’ Hunt at Powerscourt Gardens / Chasse en sac à Powerscourt Gardens

The glorious spring sunshine, at last. The hours of wild fun, up the trees and down the hillsides. The thrill...

A Dublin Bay cruise / Croisière en baie de Dublin

For our first family adventure of the year, we took our four little acorns on a boat. On Holy Saturday, we...

Winter sun on the wetlands / Soleil d’hiver sur le marais

‘It is a fantastic day out there!’ said Brian on returning from Sunday karate training with Jedi. And indeed it...