Living as we do in the middle of the city we love to get out into the countryside at the weekend.  Last weekend being a long weekend, Monday was a public holiday, I decided last week that we needed a full weekend in the country walking and relaxing. We have been to Connemara twice before [...]

While walking the Camino Frances I did not read a newspaper, listen to TV news, or listen to the radio news.  I had no idea what was happening in the world, it was great – there was a magnificent freedom in it. For more than a month the world kept turning without my having to [...]

I was just thinking the other day “how did I get here?” Not in the way of – does the world exist, but how did I end up doing the job I do now. Five or six years ago I had plans to be a teacher, I was at university studying English and Philosophy. I [...]