I don’t need to tell anyone that lockdown was intense…in many, many ways; we all just got through the best way we could, didn’t we? Making it all up as we went along! I found it a real juxtaposition between loving the downtime, with no … Continue reading A LOCKDOWN TALE – GUEST BLOG BY SAMANTHA MATCHETT
As an outdoorsy woman who has periods and who runs Wild Women Events, I figured this might be a really useful topic to cover here on the Every Treasure blog. To be fair, periods are at times a bit of a nuisance (understatement of the … Continue reading PERIODS AND THE OUTDOORS
Wild Women Events said farewell to the summer hiking season at the end of August with an absolutely fabulous trek of Hen Mountain – such a great wee mountain with gorgeous views across farmland and the surrounding peaks. The group met in the carpark and … Continue reading WILD WOMEN EVENTS – END OF SUMMER WANDER – THE MOURNE MOUNTAINS
Slieve Bearnagh was the second of the Wild Women Summer Challenges taking place this month (you can read all about the Slieve Donard Challenge HERE) and it too was a fantastic day out in the hills with an incredible bunch of women. The day started … Continue reading WILD WOMEN CHALLENGE – SLIEVE BEARNAGH – MOURNE MOUNTAINS
I knew we were in for a complete treat the minute I rounded the bend in the road towards Newcastle. It was 7.15am on 8th August and the summit of Slieve Donard was visible – an unusual sight in the Mournes as its head is … Continue reading WILD WOMEN CHALLENGE – SLIEVE DONARD – MOURNE MOUNTAINS
I have been incredibly fortunate over the past few weeks to be able to host some spontaneous ‘Wild Wednesday Midweek Evening Wanders’ in the stunning Mourne Mountains. The idea behind these is to be able to enjoy a Wild Women get-together during a shorter time-frame, … Continue reading Wild Wednesday Midweek Wanders in the Mournes
A Wild Women Wanders group met early and took to the hills once again at the end of July for a fantastic day of hiking. The cloud was low-hanging on arrival making for a mysterious wander along the valley to the base of Slieve Meelmore … Continue reading Wild Women Wanders – Meelmore & Meelbeg – 25th July 2020
Well, what a spectacular weekend that was! The weather was ideal for some winter exploring and did you see those sunset skies on Sunday evening – just wow?! The colours were astonishing and I only saw them from my living-room window. I can only imagine … Continue reading JANUARY’S WILD WOMEN WANDERS – THE MOURNE MOUNTAINS
