A couple of years ago I wrote this blog ‘Six go Adventuring on the Causeway Coast’ for the fab folks at TrekNI. They recently reshared it on their social media and I was reminded just how glorious the walk from Portbradden to Dunseverick is… have … Continue reading Wild Family – Six go Adventuring on the Causeway Coast – TrekNI
Last week I was inspired by the #equinoxriseupcommunity and WanderWomen Scotland to get up each day to enjoy watching the sunrise as we made our way towards the Spring Equinox on Saturday. I’m not what you would describe as a natural early riser but have … Continue reading Wild Living – A week of sunrises
For the past couple of years we as a family have been trying, through lots of trial and error mainly, to grow some of our own fruit and vegetables. With a family of 5 to feed it makes good economical sense to grow some of … Continue reading Allotment Update – Cultivating Patience
The sun made an oh-so-brief but very welcome appearance yesterday afternoon, so, with my husband working from home for several hours and most of the home-learning completed for the day, I seized my opportunity to escape! Along with Kai, our husky, I headed for a … Continue reading Wild Living – Reflections
For the past 6 years or so it has been our family’s tradition to go for a big hike in the Mourne Mountains on the first of January. While we aren’t big on New Year’s Resolutions, believing you can work towards your own personal goals or aim … Continue reading New Year’s Day Hike 2021
I LOVE to hike solo. It’s my way of making sure that self-care features strongly in my week to week life of being Mum and Wife, running Wild Women Events, creating content for my blog and keeping things at home ticking over in a semi-organised … Continue reading WHY I LOVE TO HIKE SOLO
Life is a beautiful, confusing, mesmerising, challenging, satisfying, mysterious, awkward, joyful, stressful, sacred, messy, humbling, peaceful and all-kinds-of-adjectives-in-between rollercoaster ride of ups, downs and round-and-rounds isn’t it?! I know personally for me, there are weeks when I feel like I’ve got it all figured out … Continue reading THE MOURNE MOUNTAINS – GRATITUDE
I have been contacted a number of times recently by people asking me for suitable trails in the Mourne Mountains for walking with young children and toddlers. Rather than answer everyone individually and after much discussion with my husband and sons, here’s a blog post … Continue reading HIKING WITH KIDS – THE MOURNE MOUNTAINS – OUR TOP 5 FAMILY-FRIENDLY TRAILS
TAKING ON TWO SUMMITS IN 1 DAY… We had such a great day in the mountains last Sunday. We travelled down from Belfast early in the morning to make the most of the daylight hours and with the intention of climbing Slieve Meelmore. We ended … Continue reading HIKING WITH KIDS – THE MOURNE MOUNTAINS – SLIEVE MEELMORE AND SLIEVE MEELBEG
Our final week of 30 Days Wild here in Northern Ireland was absolutely wonderful! We have been well and truly spoilt with great weather for most of the 30-day June challenge which has made getting out and about, exploring, enjoying our natural surroundings so easy … Continue reading 30 DAYS WILD – WEEK 4 AND BEYOND…
