Walks from the Farm

In my last blog I wrote about the farm and the enormous project that we were undertaking, so in this blog I am going to share some of the local walks I managed to fit in between all the hard work! Carrigadrohid, which Bob still can’t pronounce, is a small village set in the Cork […]

The Farm 

Along with Louis and Niamh we have taken on 4 acres of land in a little village called Carrigadrohid- pronounced carriG-a-droHid.  It’s about 4 miles east of a large town called Macroom and less than 30 mins West of Cork. It’s inland but close to the River Lee and several lakes nearby along with Blarney […]

Off Grid Living

It’s been a while since my last post, we’ve been living off-grid for some time now – so without electric which means phone battery power is at a premium!  We’ve also been without water and the ability to dispose of grey & black waste but that’s another blog.  After spending a few weeks between Dorset […]

Montenegro Memories

Everywhere you go in Montenegro there are cats – by the time we left, the children had coaxed the ‘garden’ cat into the house by feeding it and they were delighted. All the cats were friendly, none looked scraggy or uncared for and we often saw saucers, bowls of food and even cat beds outside […]

The Full Montenegro

Rio Hamish Bear & Nely have been travelling around Europe and since January have had to stay out of Shengen area so have been in Bosnia, Albania and now the tiny country of Montenegro and as part of our travelling year we flew out to visit them for 2 weeks. The history of this Balkan […]

Normandy Beach Landings!

Our last few days were spent on the Normandy coastline. I always feel that this area of France doesn’t get the credit that it deserves as there are numerous nice towns along the coastline with long sweeping beaches, lots of history surrounding the Normandy landings, lovely walks and always great food in the restaurant and […]

Chateaux, Vineyards and Vending Pizzas!

The drive for the last few hundred kilometres in Spain was a stunning one through mountainous regions into Basque country. The AP1 took us across and through mountains – tunnel after tunnel with snow topped rocky mountain views.  We must’ve travelled through numerous tunnels some of them 2-3km long – I wondered how long it […]

Spanish Surprise

After we left Ian and Yael we were heading North to make the big journey of approx. 1000km to get through Spain to the French border on the west side. We were heading for Biarritz; we’ve been there before about 10 years ago and wanted to visit again. Our plan was to stop at a […]

Brothers Reunited

After spending the last few days city and town hopping we were excited to finally get the chance to meet up with Bobs big brother Ian and also meet his partner Yael. They made the big step before Brexit in July 2020 to start a new life near Vinuelas in the province of Malaga. Sadly […]

Goodbye Portugal, Hello Spain

As soon as Bob landed from Cork we were on our way again. We were moving east along the coast heading towards Spain. We stopped off for lunch at Cabanas de Tavira – we were leaving the Algarve and we wanted to take one more look at the coastline of Portugal. Cabanas is a small […]