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It’s been a whirlwind – which in many ways quite aptly describes both the pace of the travel and my experience of India so far. Life here happens in such a rush, well at least on the road and on the streets, in restaurants it all seems to happen at … Read More

It’s been an unusual day…. For a start I’m here – in India. I’ve been dreaming of this for years and now I’m here I feel I should be stupidly excited, but instead I’m fighting with my brain. I always have a wobble when I arrive on the other side … Read More

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There is a real talent behind conjuring up the feeling of being in the middle of a busy festival site using just a sparse set and four actors – but Substance and Shadow Theatre have this talent in bucket-loads. The latest offering from the company, Tribes & Tribulations, is another … Read More

.. or at least I did! And the different was in a good, no great, way. So it going away is a little worrying in a not so good way. Four months ago (I can’t believe it’s been that long) I began this ‘journey’ (a two year yoga teacher training … Read More

Unsurprisingly a rather subdued day. Andy, Paul and I took a medicinal walk across Brussels to the motor museum (Autoworld), which I quite enjoyed – although the boys lamented the lack of 80s, 90s 00s super cars. Instead there was loads of really early cars, for me much more interesting. … Read More

Leuven beer festival took place in a conference centre outside the city. I’d deliberately not done my homework and so went without too many preconceptions other than my vision of breweries with bars set up around a field, or at least in a marquee, with people milling around and enjoying … Read More

I had no idea what to expect from an ‘escape room’ but the experience far surpassed my expectations. I don’t want to give too much away about what happens in the room so won’t say too much. Our room was a mystery of why someone had planted a bomb in … Read More

A late night, after 2.30am, led to a late morning (for some of us) by the time I emerged at gone half 10 Ben had been awake for hours and had bought croissants and waffles and orange juice for breakfast, exactly what I needed. Today we have walked many miles … Read More

Uneventful journey, first time on Eurostar, spacious apartment and all that, but… the point in being in Brussels was to sample the beer – so we wasted no time getting started. A meandering stroll from our apartment found us in the main square surrounded by stunning gilded buildings – the … Read More

Written on December 4th 2014 Wet and tired but with lungs full of fresh sea air we were Killarney bound and found ourselves at Mackross house a beautiful country house that once hosted Queen Victoria. The grounds are also supposed to be spectacular (it was once a hunting lodge) but … Read More

Written on December 2nd 2014 From Limerick to the Dingle Peninsular and Annascule, a tiny village with well nothing open! We arrived, unloaded and found our way to Dingle for tea. Dingle, was a lovely, and possibly upper market sea side town, but as it was about 6pm when we … Read More