This week we are spending a week house swapping in Donegal, in the small village of Creeslough. All around are beautiful beaches and misty mountains. Some photos from our exploration of Donegal so far – all within about 5 miles of our base ….. We made the most of the drier weather on Easter Sunday morning….
We are having a relatively quiet week at the cottage, and for the last few evenings the highlight of the day has been a trip to the beach in the evening. We have chosen White Rocks Strand which is just a few miles along the coast from the cottage. For some (me) that means lots…
I love it when we are up at our cottage, there is a clear blue sky, and we head to the beach – even if it’s November! Belfast might be going MTV Awards mad, with celebreties being spotted all over the city. It was a HUGE event, held in Odyessy Arena, and showed Belfast at…
This afternoon we headed over to part of the North Coast of Northern Ireland which we don’t visit so often, the beach at Downhill, just beyond Castlerock. Downhill beach is a 7 mile stretch of golden sand from Magillan Point to Mussenden and apparently is one of the longest beaches in Europe. It was a…
When the sun shines, and the temperature rises just a wee bit, it really is quite a lovely place to be. On Sunday evening, we headed over to “the Port” (Portrush) for an icecream and a walk on the beach. The East Strand, also called Curran Strand, is stunning, and even on a warm evening…
School finished on Thursday, and we were up here at the cottage by early afternoon on Friday. We seemed to have brought some warm sunshine with us, and not wanting to take it for granted, we headed to the beach on Friday night for our traditional fire log, marshmallows, hot chocolate and photo-shoot! We went…
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