Dunlewey Village “Walking is a man’s best medicine.” Hippocrates Feile an Earagail Feile an Earagail is an annual festival held in the beautiful village of Dunlewey, which lies at the foot of Earagail Mountain – the highest mountain […]
“Walking is a man’s best medicine.” Hippocrates A Spring Walk in Mullaghduff As I walk along ancient tracks well travelled in my childhood, I pass this stream which connects two adjacent lakes. My mother’s childhood home sits at […]
“Walking is a man’s best medicine.” Hippocrates The River Walk The River Walk is located in the town of Dungloe, a few miles from my home. It has been developed to provide two walking routes alongside a lake, […]
“Walking is a man’s best medicine.” Hippocrates I recently took a hike near my late mother’s childhood home. Travelling through quiet country lanes Past ancient peat bogs, with Errigal Mountain in the distance Enjoying the view across Mullaghderg […]
“Walking is a man’s best medicine.” Hippocrates The Lough Chonaill Railway Walk is just over a mile from my home, and covers 1.1 km of the route which The Lough Swilly Railway Company used to transport fish and other goods […]
The beautiful village of Dunlewey Dun Luiche lies at the foot of Errigal Mountain, the highest peak in Donegal. During last summer’s Feile an Earagail, I joined a guided walk from Dunlewey into The Poisoned Glen Gleann Nemhe, a U-shaped glen believed to have been formed in The Ice Age. The pleasant weather attracted a large group, that included local […]
Clumps of frog spawn in local pools Spring is well underway here in Donegal, and frogs have been busy producing frog spawn for around 2 weeks now. I always feel such JOY when I see their clumps of eggs in water pools along my regular walking route. They remind me of my childhood, when I used to collect frog spawn in a […]
