Category Archives: Travel

Walking Ireland’s Longest Beach: Dingle Peninsula Day 9: Cloghain to Castlegregory

Rain. It was day nine of our walk around the Dingle Peninsula last June, and once again we woke up to rain. Soft, misty, Irish rain – but coat-soaking, bone-chilling, camera-splattering rain even so. Not my idea of beach weather! My walking boots were still wet from crossing bogs the day before, so the overcast skies…

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Walking In The Green ~ The Pacific Northwest ~ BC, Canada

Kermit the Frog lamented on the difficulties of being green. It’s not that easy bein’ green Having to spend each day the color of the leaves When I think it could be nicer being red or yellow or gold Or something much more colorful like that It’s not easy bein’ green It seems you blend in…

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Follow the Walking Man: Ballydavid to Cloghane, The Dingle Way, Ireland

If you are a regular visitor to this site, you’ll know that I love walking. The thing is: some days I enjoy it more in retrospect than in real time! By Day 8 of our walk around the Dingle Peninsula, that was certainly the case. I was tired. We’d lost the trail on a bog-covered…

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North of Eden ~ The Pinnacles and Panboola Wetlands, NSW, Australia

We live in a glorious corner of the universe, with National Parks, beaches, wetlands and mountains virtually at our doorstep. Trouble is, we are on the road so much that sometimes we forget to get out and explore when we are at home. That’s where having visitors comes in handy: there is no better way to…

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Raise a Glass for St Paddy’s: The Guinness Storehouse, Dublin

It was St Patrick’s Day this week, so it seemed fitting to return to another Irish cultural icon: Guinness. July last year was wet in Ireland, and it rained much of the short time we were in Dublin. So, we visited the Guinness Storehouse: it was a good way to learn something about local history, while staying…

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