Jan 15, 2018 | General nature
Coillte has exited, so what now for the ‘Wild Nephin’ farce? Farce (n); a broadly humorous play based on … improbable situations; a ludicrous situation or action. [Collins] And so, just 8 years on, Coillte has exited stage left. Back in December 2009,...
Mar 23, 2015 | Blog, Ecotourism
Wild Nephin, states Coillte, would “involve taking 4,400 hectares out of … commercial forest operation and rewilding this land, improving habitat and landscape quality over a 15 year period. The eventual intention … protecting a landscape of scale...
Nov 26, 2011 | Blog, Walking in the West of Ireland
I love winter. OK, I prefer a dry, crisp, fresh winter to a sodden, rainy, mucky winter. But since we have far more of the latter than the former, I make do with it. Today, I went on a 7-hour cycle and hike along The Western Way, through Ireland’s largest tract...
Jan 28, 2010 | Ecotourism, Walking in the West of Ireland
Walking the Cong Clonbur Isthmus Cong, at the very southern tip of County Mayo and the northern end of Lough Corrib, is one of Ireland’s prettiest villages. It is reminiscent of L’Isle sur la Sorgue in southern France, in that it is criss-crossed by...
Dec 4, 2009 | Blog, General nature
I regularly bring groups walking on Coillte managed land. Although virtually exclusively non-native afforestation and species poor, nevertheless these habitats do support some wildlife and afford good long off-road walking routes. You can ‘get lost’ in...
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