Magical Valentia Island
Hi, and welcome to another instalment of my Travel Journal. This one is going to be a little different in tone. When I...
Van build – Minibus to Campervan
Van conversion from a minibus to a campervan New website/new name Welcome back to my travel...
Fintra Beach Swimming and Camping
Hi, before I even start this latest blog post, I have to apologise. My last post here was way back in April, just after we finished our van conversion, and somewhere along the way, we got so busy campervanning I couldn't find the time to sit down and get my thoughts...
Alice Our New Campervan Conversion
Campervan Conversion Alice, yep, we finally named our campervan only a year after buying her as a nine-seater minibus. Officially she is an Opel Vivaro, and we finished the final conversion to a camper a week ago. Last year we did a temporary conversion to see what...
Camping in Spain & Cork to Santander on Brittany Ferries
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...
Camping Aillebrack Beach, Ballyconneely, Co Galway
Note: Camping is not allowed on Aillebrack by order. Please take note of the sign. Thank you to John for contacting me with the updated information and sending the image. I originally wrote this post in August 2017, and many things have changed since then. Including a...
Camping in Cong, Co Galway
The village of Cong is just a short forty-five-minute drive from our house in Galway and on a sunny weekend it is a great place to visit for a short break. This summer we have endeavoured to make the most of any sunny weekends by camping. Our tent and accessories are...
Camping in Donard, Co Wicklow
The following weekend we headed, this time to the East side of Ireland, Donard in Co Wicklow, to be precise. Initially, I called a different campsite, but they were all booked up. They kindly gave us Nuala’s number; thankfully, they had space. Note: I would definitely...
Camping Loughkey Forest Park
Just five days after our last camping trip, read about it here. My summer camping plans with my dogs got drastically turned on its head. My older Spaniel, whom I thought was just slowing down because of her age, suddenly passed away before we even got to the second...
Road Trip & Camping with our Dogs
Road Trip I think impromptu trips are always the best. I love the idea of waking up on a given morning and, by the afternoon, deciding to go away camping for the weekend, just because! It’s a bit like being able to eat breakfast cereal for dinner just cause you’re an...