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
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
We need beauty because it makes us ache to be worthy of it. – Mary Oliver There’s no question that 2020 has been a year like no other in my living memory. Time seems to have lost meaning. We’ve all had to make huge adjustments … Continue reading 7 WAYS WALKING IN NATURE CAN HELP REDUCE STRESS AND ANXIETY
The latest Wild Women Wanders group were well and truly treated to a super mountain workout in the glorious summer sunshine when they took to the trails on 18th July. Northern Irish summers are notoriously wet so I was delighted when driving down past Spelga … Continue reading WILD WOMEN WANDERS – MOURNE MOUNTAINS – SUNSHINE!
To enter a wood is to pass into a different world in which we ourselves are transformed. – Roger Deakin, Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees After a super weekend on the first ever Wild Women Wanders (read all about it in this beautiful blog post … Continue reading WILD WEDNESDAY – CRAWFORDSBURN COUNTRY PARK – WILD PLACES TO VISIT – NORTHERN IRELAND
Be the weirdo who dares to enjoy. – Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear I vividly remember a conversation I had with a friend soon after I gave birth to my first child 14 years ago. My new bundle of miraculous joy was … Continue reading TALES FROM THE TRAIL – REBUILDING
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
Hi everyone! Exciting news…. The 2019 UK Blog Awards are now open for the public round of voting! I was delighted to make it to the final 8 in my category last year and would love your help to make it to the awards final … Continue reading UK BLOG AWARDS 2019
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
How incredibly lucky have we been this Autumn?! Nature just keeps on delivering its beautiful, rich display of colours and the bright days have definitely made getting out and about to have some adventure time in the great outdoors so easy. A couple of weeks ago … Continue reading HIKING WITH KIDS – THE MOURNE MOUNTAINS – PIERCE’S CASTLE
