Apr 10, 2013 | Blog, Walking in the West of Ireland
The very remote Mullet Peninsula in northwest Mayo already boasts a few short loop walks. Measuring around 25 km from north (at the Erris Head loop walk) to south (Blacksod) and a maximum of 14 km from west (Annagh Head) to east (Ballyglass), the Mullet is...
Jun 1, 2010 | Ecotourism, Walking in the West of Ireland
This is a really wonderful time of year. There are so many flowers in bloom right now and the weather this year is ridiculously good. Too good, perhaps. Among the places I found myself this week was a plantation forest in Erris, where, honestly, you could easily think...
May 31, 2010 | Ecotourism, Walking in the West of Ireland
Just four weeks to go to a lovely Ten Hour Day out in wild west Mayo. Join us at Newport on Saturday June 26th for a 90-minutes cycle into the hills, then a 6-hour hike up Nephin Beg mountain, then a 90-minute cycle back to Newport. This is NOT a race. This is NOT a...
May 18, 2009 | Blog, Ecotourism, Walking in the West of Ireland
We’ve just had a wonderful weekend’s walking here in Mayo. On Friday, we started off with a large Irish Hare running around the bog at Sheskin and having the decency to go zig zag, rather than in a straight line, so we could have a good long look. The rain...
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