A Tourism Without Visiting ?

Mar 2, 2010 | Ecotourism

Okay, so the headline isn’t altogether precise. What I really mean is, should we not be moving to a type of tourism, in which the visitor doesn’t necessarily get to actually visit everything he or she has come for ? By that, I mean not get to walk on or in...

Hiking Up and Around Nephin Beg

Dec 22, 2009 | Ecotourism, Walking in the West of Ireland

On Saturday, I left Castlebar at 7.20 am, to begin a climb of Nephin Beg from its eastern side, around 8.20 am. I parked the car on The Western Way and took to the hills from the little bridge over the second stream after the Coillte hut. As I gained ground, I was...

Ah, Sheskin

Mar 18, 2009 | Ecotourism, General nature, Walking in the West of Ireland

It had been 3 or 4 years since the last time I had wandered all the way up to Sheskin in north Mayo. So the other day, having an appointment in Béal an Mhuirthead later on, I decided to spend some hours up there. Sheskin forms part of the complex locked between...