TALKIE WALKIES – hiking the West Cork Walking Festival
The story goes that a blind farmer was offered a patch of suspiciously cheap land here in West Cork. ‘Does it have lots of thistles?’ he asked warily. No thistles at all, he was assured. ‘Lots of...
View ArticleCORK, IRELAND – local meaty goodness
They don't make 'em like they used to - they wouldn't dare. A. O'Reilly has been selling tripe since 1910. I do love the idea of being in Ireland. Mevrouw T and I arrived this morning and will be...
View ArticleSPLASH IN THE DARK – West Cork sea kayaks
Fortunately this is not our boat. Kayaking at night seemed a strange activity. Wouldn’t it be pointless to paddle around beautiful surroundings in pitch darkness? ‘Oh no,’ the girl in the Skibbereen...
View ArticleTALES OF COUNTY CORK – the art of Irish storytelling
Blarney Castle - place a kiss on the X, if you think it will help your storytelling. Another week, another newspaper article sold and published, another story to release into cyberspace. This is what I...
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