Author: podium

  • July 29, 2014
    West of Ballater lies Balmoral Castle, the Queen’s Highland holiday home, screened from the road by a thick curtain of…
  • July 29, 2014
    This 15th-century castle is the mecca of first-time visitors to Ireland, who hope to win the gift of eloquence by…
  • July 25, 2014
    Three generations of our family (8 of us) went on the trip of a lifetime .... an Ireland tour. I…
  • July 23, 2014
    High St, which stretches from George IV Bridge down to the Netherbow at St Mary’s St, is the heart and…
  • July 23, 2014
    The Rose of Tralee International Festival, which any woman With even remote Irish connections may enter in the hope of…
  • July 22, 2014
    The Scottish National Trust’s flagship property, magnificent Culzean is one of the most impressive of Scotland’s great stately homes. The…
  • July 22, 2014
    Looking north across the Boyne, Slane is a pretty sight. The main road sweeps down beside a ruined church to…
  • July 21, 2014
    Opposite the small, scattered village of Sandwick is the Isle of Mousa, an RSPB reserve. The impressive double-walled Mousa Broch…
  • July 21, 2014
    A village in the vale of the River Suck, Clonfert became known for the monastery founded on this site by…
  • July 2, 2014
    Photogenically sited at the entrance to Loch Duich, near Dornie village, Eilean Danan Castle is one of Scotland’s most evocative…