Author: podium

  • July 22, 2019
      At 2466 feet tall Errigal is the tallest peak in the ice carved Donegal highlands.   With its furrowed…
  • July 20, 2019
      County Kerry has a clean beauty of bone about it that is not so in the other more “fleshy”…
  • July 18, 2019
      In all Scottish place names, the prefix ‘inver’ signifies the mouth of a river; near here the River Tote…
  • July 16, 2019
      This beautiful lough is in the heart of the Connemara countryside. We usually explore it on our tours of…
  • July 11, 2019
    Achill is the largest island off the Irish coast. It is approached by bridge across the sound and you should…
  • July 8, 2019
    To see the lakes of Killarney for the first time is to realise the haunting luxuriance of mountain, waterfall, castle,…
  • July 6, 2019
    The largest open space in central Glasgow, George Square, laid out in 1781 and named after George III, may be…
  • July 4, 2019
    Ardmore, with its smooth beach, its colour washed cottages, and green fields, is the pleasantest of places to see on…
  • July 2, 2019
    Louth is the smallest of the Irish counties and lies between the Boyne Estuary and Carlingford Lough. It was always…
  • June 28, 2019
      Both road and rail north to Edinburgh from England run through country like this after crossing the border at…