by Tina O'Rourke | Feb 1, 2022 | Outdoors, Swimming
Hi again, this week I have been thinking about my favourite beaches in Co Galway, which I thought initially would be an easy task. Then I could have a wee chat about each of them. But, suddenly, the easy peasy idea seemed not as easy as I first considered. I happen to...
by Tina O'Rourke | Jan 24, 2022 | Outdoors, Swimming
Hi there, and a happy Monday to everyone. So it’s back to the weekly schedule after a fun weekend. Our wee springer has been ill, and keeping to a plan of regular structured activity seems to help her a lot. Thankfully, the knock-on effect is that I am now more...
by Tina O'Rourke | Jan 17, 2022 | Outdoors, Swimming
Hi, and welcome to my Travel Journal and my first blog post of the New Year. There have been various incarnations of this blog over the past few years. But, I finally decided to give it a permanent home, right here. I am looking forward to blogging about my adventures...
by Tina O'Rourke | Jul 27, 2020 | Hiking, Outdoors
From July through to September 2019, we, that being my husband, myself, and our twelve-year-old Springer Spaniel, spent two months in the city of Leon, in the North of Spain. During the last fortnight of our stay, we visited a few of the vast amount of outdoor walks,...
by Tina O'Rourke | May 17, 2018 | Camping, Outdoors
So week one in Spain, and it was definitely a long week of traveling. After looking at all our options to travel here, because we wanted to bring our dog with us, we finally settled on a newly inaugurated Brittany ferry service taking us directly from Cork/Ringaskiddy...
