Chalk & Cheese Travels
A elephant grave in Castlerea ? Who is this Cindy the elephant? and why is she buried in the small town of Castlerea County Roscommon? I know right this sounds strange, so much so we decided to take a walk down to have a look and see what we could find out. Walking the Castlerea […]
Lazy morning drive We went for a lazy morning drive on Saturday in search of a bit of heritage and history. It’s often a thing we like to do here as there is so much to see and do off the beaten track in the west of Ireland. We came across this great little Castle […]
Lough Key Forest Park We waited a week but it happened the sun was shining!!! We quickly packed up some essentials and jumped into our car decided to head to the ever popular and known as one of Roscommon’s number one tourist attractions Lough Key Forest & activity Park. A great attraction for a family […]
When we moved into our new house in Roscommon one thing holding us back where the site of wind turbines on the Slieve Bawn hills directly back from our back garden. Although a dislike for the looks of them, with an interest an renewable energy we decided to embrace them and thought why not go […]
Clifden Clifden is the main town in the Connemara region of Co Galway a base for many coming out west to visit this beautiful and wild area. Popular summer destination with tourist and locals to see the unique landscape. Home to a lot great hikes, views and a huge amount of history. Known for some […]
Support Small Business So its finally here the first in the our series, supporting small businesses. A drive we decided to start in 2022 to highlight and promote small businesses we have found on our travels. These travels have taken us from little places like Tamborine Mountain Australia to the back streets Hong Kong to […]
Insight The Signal bar restaurant Clifden is part of the Clifden Staion House Hotel. The venueis located in the the Old station masters building and still respects the history of this once steam train station. The building still has old all the old station signs and memorabilia inside and out.for any train enthusiasts there is […]
Whilst taking a drive across the Sky Road from Cifden we stumbled down the hill what seemed to be a Castle ruins. Later that night after a bit of research it appeared to be the Clifden Castle ruins. We decided the next day we would drive back and go see how easy access was and […]
Whilst on a road trip through the Wild Atlantic Way we decided to stop off at Clifden for a few days and take the plunge and go hiking the 6.8km trail of Diamond Hill through Connemara National Park and embrace County Galway’s vast mountain scenes, The Diamond Hills stunning summit offering 360 degree views, is […]
Glendeer Pet Farm Glendeer Pet farm is a top entertainment and day adventure for kids in County Roscommon. Open to the public to come and enjoy this working farm and kids play areas. Location Located 15 minutes outside the town of Athlone. Although considered County Roscommon the pet farm is closer to Athlone town and […]
