by Tina O'Rourke | May 21, 2017 | Hiking, Outdoors
Hanging Bridges of Los Cahorros Monachil Over the last fortnight we spent eight days traveling around Granada, Malaga and the coast, lots of driving and walking along beaches, through towns, villages and some natural trails in the Sierra Nevada. Even though we had...
by Tina O'Rourke | May 6, 2017 | Outdoors, Walking
During a sunny week in Galway City and County what better way to experience the beautiful weather and scenery than to go on a selection of walking trips. I have to say here now, I absolutely love walking. Having been an exercise phobic for most of my life discovering...
by Tina O'Rourke | Apr 17, 2017 | Outdoors, Walking
On a recent trip to Newcastle in Co Down we spent a rainy afternoon exploring Tollymore Forest Park, as an alternative to our Slieve Donard climb which got rained out the previous day (see post about that here). Tollymore forest park is very close to Newcastle and is...
by Tina O'Rourke | Apr 3, 2017 | Hiking, Outdoors
Having never climbed any mountains before this year, I definitely made up for it during the month of March. Every weekend we climbed a mountain, as listed below, and I have linked each mountain to the corresponding blog post here on my website. March 4th Slieve...
by Tina O'Rourke | Mar 31, 2017 | Hiking, Outdoors
Climbing Slieve Donard 22/01/17 Quite a while ago, whilst sitting in our Camper Van at Donard car park in Newcastle Co Down, Alan suggested that we walk through Donard Forest and up into the Mourne Mountains. At the time, for various reasons, the main one being I was...
