Category: Walks
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The Wild Atlantic Way – Lough Chonaill Railway Walk
“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…
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A Mushroom Forage
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…
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The Wild Atlantic Way – A Spring Walk in Mullaghduff
“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…
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The Wild Atlantic Way – The River Walk Dungloe
“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…
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A Walk Down Memory Lane
“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…
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A Walk in the Footsteps of Lugh and Balor of the Evil Eye
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…
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A Spring Walk to View Frog’s Spawn
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…
Watching the Daisies 