I've not been around much in Blogland recently.  I've been busy with other real-world business, with some travelling and w...

When we're back home in Ireland our default dog-walking venue is the White Lough, which is just a hop, a skip and a jump away from my pa...

☘️Happy Saint Patrick's Day!☘️ Back in God's Own Country they watch out to see whether the good Saint has t urned the sunny side ...

And what a  week it's been. We've had a heatwave in Ireland. In Ireland! A heatwave! Who'd have thought? We showed up and brough...

The other day we headed off in search of an ancient druid site, where some of the old magic still lives on in the dappled light of the fores...

... is a really tasty thing. I jest you not. Here in Ireland in the month of July wild raspberries grow at the fringes of the forest that ar...

We've spent the half term holidays back in the green heart of Ulster where I grew up, and they were a bit of a treat. The sun shone, th...

It's hard to think of a time when this folk park, devoted as it is to the theme of emigration, has been more relevant to the world we li...

The other day I dragged my mum, Emi and the WonderDog off in search of a couple of  freaky beech trees. I had a vague recollection of having...

The White Lough, County Tyrone Top of the morning to you all! And a very happy St. Patrick's Day! It's a bit weird, but we c...

We've made it! We've arrived on the sunny Costa Brava for New Year, or Noche Vieja as Mr B's family term it. And what a differ...

We've made it back home to beautiful County Tyrone for the Christmas holidays. And we're so grateful to have arrived safely. We had ...

We've come to stay with my parents in South Tyrone. My mum's a Halloween baby, and we're helping her celebrate with a birthday w...

The Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland The other day we walked in the footsteps of giants down at the Giant's C...

Emi loves coming to my parents' house here amidst the rolling hills of south Tyrone. For me it's a pleasure to see him enjoy the sim...

Yesterday Emi, my father and I visited one of my favourite childhood haunts, the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge, just outside Ballycastle in Cou...

The very top of the morning to you! And a very Happy Saint Patrick's Day! May the Good Saint   turn the sunny side up for you...

And so we've made our seasonal dash from my family to his  ...  from Ireland to the Costa Brava. Road trip, anyone? Belfast to Barcelo...

Here in Ulster we pride ourselves on our traditional Irish linen.  Just about every family home boasts a snowy, white table cloth made of fi...