Luggala – Walk to the cliff side / Randonnée côté falaise
This is the acorns at the top of Luggala in the Wicklow Mountains, with the one and only Guinness Lake...
Remembering Philomena on Mothers’ Day
It’s been a strange Mothers’ Day. Heavy heart. Grief. But also connection and gratitude. Philomena Canning, outstanding midwife and tireless...
Never too small to make a difference / Pas trop petits pour faire une différence
Global School Strike For Climate – Friday 15th March, 2019 2,083 events in 125 countries on every continent 1.6 million...
Four Acorns have a sauna / Quatre graines de chêne prennent un sauna
Hot, cold, hot, cold – today we tried the mobile sauna in Glenmalure, Co Wicklow. In-between sweating sessions inside the...
10 family destinations to go wild in Ireland
Disclosure: This is a collaborative post however all words and photos remain my own. Now that spring has officially sprung,...
Quatre Graines de Chêne en grève pour le climat
Voilà pourquoi les graines de chêne participent à la grève scolaire pour le futur ce vendredi 15 mars. Parce qu’ils...
Four Acorns join the School Strike for Climate
And that is why the acorns are joining in with the global school strike for climate on Friday 15th March....
On East Coast FM’s Morning Show / Interview radio sur East Coast FM
It was nerve-racking, it was challenging but it was also surprisingly fun! If you missed my first ever radio interview...
Exploring a river of volcanic rocks / A la découverte de la Coulée de lave de Bourianne
Perfectly still, yet it seems to flow. Utterly mineral, yet far from lifeless. Unmistakably wintry, yet warming to the soft...
There is no place like Earth / Nulle part comme sur Terre
It was a glorious winter day. It was the second day of spring, a.k.a. Imbolc, in the Celtic calendar. But...
Rise Into Climate Action Now / A l’action contre le changement climatique
Greta Thunberg did it again. The 16-year-old climate activist from Sweden took a 32-hour-long train journey to Davos, Switzerland, for...
A deserted village in a deserted forest / Un village abandonné dans un désert forestier
In the heart of the Wicklow Mountains, above Lough Dan, the deep dark woods along the Wicklow Way suddenly open...
Why I support Climate Case Ireland
I support Climate Case Ireland because this case is in my name. In the acorns’ names. In the planet’s name. I...
A New Year’s Day mini adventure / Petite aventure du Jour de l’An
Starting the new year as we mean to go on : with an outdoor adventure, albeit a mini one, by...
18 from ’18 / 18 sur 18
Looking back before heading forward… 2018 has been a year of epic family adventures, perhaps more so than any before,...
