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I have had fun remembering some of the places I have travelled – here are a selection As kids we spent holidays in Portrush (in N Ireland), and Achill Island (west coast of Ireland) and then to “the Continent” with my family – we started in a rented tent in France, then we progressed to…
1. Back to relative normality after the kids having 2 weeks of holidays over Easter, and we headed to Donegal for a week of it, doing our house swap thing again. You can see the other posts from Donegal HERE and HERE These are a few of my favourite photos from the last couple of…
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….
One of the top advantages of house swapping is getting to stay in a real home, not an annonymous hotel room or impersonal appartment. While I am not going to show lots of photos of our hosts’ home, here are a few of the wee things I have enjoyed about this house. The gorgeuos tiled…
Ok, this post is not actually about the fields, and mostly about the castle of Athenry, but it is hard for the song The Fields of Athenry not to pop into your mind while you drive around the town and area. The castle is a glorious medieval castle, simply restored, that has been preserved since it…
What is House Swapping? It is exchanging your home (or second home) with another homeowner somewhere else in the world for a vacation. Shop in their local supermarkets, live like a local, find out much more about a culture and way of life than you would ever experience on a traditional holiday in a hotel…