Chalk & Cheese Travels
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 […]
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 […]
At the end of 2008 I decided quit my job and in the new year start a solo trip my first in fact, backpacking to New Zealand it was. This trip was 2009 so many things may of changed, and with that if anyone has been recently I would love to know more about these […]
The gold coast is a hub for tourism and fun and has become a real big craft beer area, with the emergence of many a breweries and micro breweries all over the region. Somebody needed to try them all, so who was better equiped than myself to give them a go myself. I struggled through […]
Mount Tamborine History Mount Tamborine has a very interesting history that spans back millions of years, it it is a former crater rim of a volcanic explosion that happened about 22 Million years ago. It is based around cluster of three villages that have settled on the mountain ridge over the past years. Making up […]
The Gold Coast Gold Coast History The history of the Gold Coast Australia is one of fast development since WW2. After WW2 the South Coast region of Queensland was a popular holiday destination for servicemen returning from the war. From then on and with inflated prices for real estate and other goods and services led […]
Introduction Our most popular trip to date has been our trip to South Africa, and a couple of days in Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. We spent a long time making and researching a South Africa Itinerary A few people have asked for this South Africa itinerary or advice, so after delving through some paper work […]
