There’s nothing Corny about Cornwall
Cornwall on Newstalk March 6th 2019 The Hard Shoulder CORNWALL Are you looking for somewhere to go to for a lovely weekend, not too far from home? Cornwall has kept its olde world charm and […]
Destinations
Sleepless in Seattle and you can fly direct from Dublin
The tall skinny Asian girl looks like she’s stepped out of the pages of a Manga Comic. Wearing thigh high socks and a black mini pinafore, she is so Seattle. With one quarter of the […]
Newstalk visits Salzburg this Travel Thursday on The Hard Shoulder
“Salzburg was seemingly created to conjure up a fairy-tale atmosphere during the most beautiful time of the year! The Christmas markets, Advent concerts and folk customs charm and mesmerize visitors to the magical City […]
Novel Travel on a South African Adventure
First Published in The Sunday Independent 26th August 2018 South Africa Limpopo and Johannesburg, Guateng I’m sitting under the Baobab Tree sipping a gin and tonic from the rim of a metal goblet. My […]
Foyle Maritime Festival Derry and a tour of The Walled City
Completed in 1618, the four-hundred-year-old Walls of Derry hold centuries of tales and sagas within and today is the only intact walled city on the islands of Ireland and Britain. I’m standing on the […]
Novel Travel to Amalfi Coast and Sorrento
On first approaching the Bay of Naples my mind’s eye conjures up the sirens beckoning Ulysses and his sailors to their downfall against the rugged cliffs that hug the Sorrento Peninsula. This land of myths […]
The Blue Grass State and Kentucky Derby
The Novel Traveller with Hat designed by Claire Garvey Newstalk with Ivan Yates all about the Blue Grass State Kentucky Listen Here Kentucky Derby Podcast on Newstalk Looking for a new state in the USA to […]
Escape to the beautiful new hotel at Mount Juliet Estate – Hunter’s Yard
Hunter’s Yard, new hotel at Mount Juliet Estate, and an ideal escape this Spring Relaxed, luxurious, beautiful, Mount Juliet Estate is a magnificent, sprawling 500-acre country estate – one of Europe’s finest – with a […]
Newstalk takes a trip to Wales on St David’s Day
It’s St David’s Day March 1st on Newstalk After trashing the Welsh rugby team last weekend spare a thought for our Celtic neighbours. It’s their national day and a super destination for a variety of […]
Mardi Gras in Mobile Alabama
I’m standing behind a barricade on Dauphin Street and all that matters to me at this moment is getting my hands on as many strings of brightly coloured beads as I can carry around […]