Siblu Villages Turn 50
Camping in France this summer? Check out Siblu Villages Picture the scene. You’re sipping an ice cold glass of French wine on the deck of your luxurious mobile home under the glorious French sunshine. The […]
family travel
City Break to Prague
Published in the Irish Daily Mail on Saturday 5th April 2025 It’s a crisp blue day in the Czech Republic and I’m visiting my daughter, Nicole, who has moved here to continue her studies. We […]
Sustainable Safari
Published in the Irish Daily Mail on March 15th 2025 Exploring New African Territory in Kenya Ernest Hemingway quoted: “I never knew a morning in Africa when I woke up and was not happy.” […]
Fall-ing for Western Massachusetts
Few places conjure up the splendour of autumn better than the north-eastern corner of the United States. I’m on a road trip with my daughter, Nicole, driving through miles of maples, oaks and sycamores each […]
Pine Cliffs Resort Family Holiday
I like to think I’m a bit of an expert when it comes to the Algarve, visiting more than once a year. However this is my first stay at Pine Cliffs Resort, close to the […]
Siblu Villages Camping in France
Siblu Villages offer 29 outstanding holiday parks across France, all with modern mobile home accommodation, lifeguarded pool complexes, daytime and evening entertainment and free kids clubs. See all the family-friendly locations at www.siblu.ie I was […]
The Key to the Perfect Road Trip
An eerie calm falls overhead before the next roll of thunder. I’m in a double kayak, paddled by the arm power of my son, Mark, as we glide through giant mangroves. It’s a balmy 32 […]
Fuerteventura Blew Us Away
A giant Pinocchio jiggles above my head. Behind him, a feast of sharks, skulls, astronauts, and Snow White makes an appearance with her seven dwarfs. This spectacle runs for a kilometre above the glistening sand […]
Bergen Winter Wonderland
Mountains over one thousand meters high, rise outside the window like giant chocolate biscuit cakes dusted with icing sugar. We are travelling in a ferry over glasslike water from Voss to Flam, two of […]
Hemingway and The Florida Keys
Joe DiMaggio lies on Ernest Hemingway’s bed at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. It’s arguably the most delightful spot in the entire house, but he is after all the alpha male of the other […]