Category Archives: Pics

Charmed by the sister cities of Porto and Lisbon

I have just returned from a fifteen-day trip to the Portuguese cities of Lisbon and Porto. If you haven’t already been, it’s useful to know that you can be at the heart of each in around three hours from the … Continue reading

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Best of Bulgaria

Eastern Europe is not the first destination I would have thought of when planning a summer holiday, but I’m really pleased we took up the offer of an apartment by the Black Sea for fifteen days in July. My husband and our two children … Continue reading

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‘Carlingford Lough’ – published on Every Day Poets today

One of my favourite sights in the whole world is the dawning of a new day over Carlingford Lough. Now I may be a slightly biased here, since it was the view from my bedroom window throughout childhood; however, I defy … Continue reading

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“Where the Mountains of Mourne…

…sweep down to the sea.” As Percy French said in his lyrics, the Mourne Mountains really do seem to finish at the sea. The Kingdom of Mourne is an area of natural outstanding beauty close to where I live. We … Continue reading

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Portrait of a Peacock

  I snapped this beautiful bird at a local garden centre    

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