Earlier today I did a couple of the trails around Yosemite Valley floor. It’s been quite a while since I did any hiking so I thought I should start easy and on the flat! Plenty to see and enjoy here. Tougher hikes start tomorrow. This morning was quite frosty, but it soon warmed up into a … More Frosty mornings become sunny afternoons
Strangers. I will never cease to be amazed at what they can tell you within minutes of meeting you. I decided to hire a car in San Francisco and while completing the paperwork, the lady serving me asked where I was headed. When I mentioned Yosemite, her whole demeanour changed. Loves the place apparently. Turns … More Strangers and new places
I couldn’t have picked a better place to kickstart the next part of my little adventure than San Francisco. I have finally discovered for myself what people have been telling me for years – it’s a great city. Sometimes, when travelling alone, I tend not to dwell in cities, but in the case of San … More I couldn’t have asked for better
So the conversation went something like this…………… US Customs: The reason for your visit Mam? Me: Holidays US Customs: Whom are you travelling with? Me : I’m on my own US Customs: Pardon me, I thought you said holidays Me : I did US Customs: But you are alone, how is that a holiday? Are … More The next adventure
Wow, cannot believe I have been in Ireland almost 3 months. It has quite simply flown by in a blink. Goodbyes are never easy, and ironically will be more difficult this time by virtue of how long I have been here. You just cannot win. I hear the weather’s getting cooler, think I prefer to … More My bags are packed……..I’m ready to go
I have been procrastinating. Why is it that the things on my own doorstep I’m the least likely to do? For years I have been saying I would love to have a seaweed bath, but have never had one, now finally I have. A seaweed bath, like the name suggests is a bath of hot seawater … More Seaweed bath?
Its wet and stormy outside so I am inside toasty and cosy by the fire. I was sifting through some photographs I took during the week and came across these ducks. There is a duck pond in the woods nearby that’s on the bank of the river and the ducks move between the two. One … More A day for ducks
Perhaps I am watching too much Downton Abbey, but I got a little carried away when I was in Westport and decided to visit the 18th Century Westport House. It is privately owned by a family, who are direct descendants of Grace O’ Malley, the famous 16th Century Pirate Queen of Connaught. Now she was interesting……………… The website … More Westport House and its infamous ancestor
I have been getting getting very cosy on the couch and enjoying sitting by the fire a little too much so it was time for a ramble. The Irish Times named Westport “Best Place to Live in Ireland” in 2012 from over 500 other entrants, so I took a trip over with my camera one … More Camera practice at Westport Harbour
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