August Walking Weekend 2012

May 31, 2012 | Blog

A favourite walking weekend of my own is my Western Ocean Walking Weekend that takes place up around Belmullet and the Mullet peninsula over the August bank holiday weekend. Northwest Mayo boasts fantastic cliff-top trails, low lying hills and offshore islands. There...
Ringfort in Mayo – Lios na Gaoithe

Ringfort in Mayo – Lios na Gaoithe

May 8, 2012 | Blog

Hidden in the middle of one of her countless conifer plantations lies one of the true jewels of the county, a ringfort in Mayo. Lios na Gaoithe (The Fort of the Wind) is a large ringfort constructed sometime from the late Iron Age to the Early Medieval period....

Mountain Scenery

Feb 19, 2012 | Blog, Ecotourism

A short post to share some pictures I’ve recently taken out hillwalking here in Mayo. The weather has been incredible these past few weeks, with very little rain and nice bright, crisp blue-sky days in the hills. Great weather for hiking Mayo’s hills and...

Thank you very much, Walshes

Feb 8, 2012 | Blog, Walking in the West of Ireland

We had absolutely beautiful weather as we completed The Bangor Trail on Friday last. Even though we were in the dying days of winter, I had never experienced the trail in such a dry condition, not even in summer. I guess that’s not really surprising, as...