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Holiday trip: Day 2 – Bratislava
Today it was time to take in some more of the culture of Bratislava. First up was the castle. This was a properly odd state of affairs – in England it would probably be a […]
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Holiday trip: Day 1 – Bratislava
An early start on Friday morning, flying out from Leeds Bradford to Bratislava. Quite a few budget airlines head to Bratislava rather than Vienna, as they aren’t a huge distance apart and Slovakia is generally […]
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Day three: Glendalough, then National Botanical Gardens
Glendalough is the site of an early medieval monastic settlement. Some of it is in excellent condition, and the setting itself is spectacular. There’s a really good walk around the lakes – we went on the […]
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Day two: pottering around Greystones
We originally planned to do a bit more with the day but it was sunny, so we focussed on visiting cafes and relaxing on the beach. Time well-spent.
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An Irish summer holiday – day one: Powerscourt, then on to Bray
We caught the heatwave in Ireland in the middle of June. There follows a series of posts covering what we saw and did during the week. Posts appear as if I’d written them at the […]
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Lahinch sunset
On the journey back from Doolin we detoured via Lahinch (a nearby holiday town) in time to catch the sunset. I visited it back in 2003 on my first trip to Ireland, and it hasn’t […]
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Doolin writers’ weekend
Just back from a fantastic weekend of drinking and listening to people talk about writing. If I’m honest, the writing part was peripheral to some of the other activities for me, although I found Sinéad Gleeson‘s […]
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Hello sunshine
Some light (in every sense) relief from the bog came in the form of a trip to Portugal and Spain for 10 nights. This is going to be one long post – I can’t be […]