Hinterthal, Maria Alm, Salzburg Province Great. I’ve got my owners to promise not to make any further attempts to get me back on those bloomin’ skis. I can finally relax and check out the skiing scene without the fear of being launched down the piste myself. Now for my first ride on a chairlift. Not bad at all, amazing technology. Uh oh, am I suffering from altitude sickness or what? I’m getting very hot and flushed all of a…
Hochkönig Ski Area Now I know where I, Seamus the Skigull, went wrong with the skiing. I had been watching the Winter Olympics with His Lordship, and I now realise that those pros make skiing look easy. What I should have done was watch Her Ladyship on the slopes. She makes skiing look hard. In fact, the way she goes about it, she makes it look nigh on impossible. If I’d seen her in action, I’d have been a lot…
Almenland, Styria, Austria When I signed up for this travel lark, I didn’t know I’d also signed up for time travel! There I was, enjoying spring in Portugal just a few days ago… … and now I’m back in the depths of winter again. Shiver me timbers! Literally. Wouldn’t you know it? The Oldies have returned to Austria just when there’s a big freeze on. And, as if we haven’t enough snow here in town, they’ve decided to go on…
Exploring the Wicklow Mountains I’m back in the garden again. The Garden of Ireland, that is. County Wicklow must be one of Ireland’s best kept secrets. So many foreign tourists head straight for the west of Ireland soon after landing in Dublin, oblivious to the treasure trove of beauty that is right next door to the capital. Perhaps they should rename it The Secret Garden of Ireland. We leave suburbia behind us and in no time at all we are…
Great Sugar Loaf Mountain, Wicklow Life is full of surprises! One minute I’m minding my own business on a Portuguese beach, next minute, my bags are packed and I’m on my way to Dublin. Wonderful! Better still, the Oldies take some time out from the city to go on a couple of outings to County Wicklow just south of County Dublin, known locally as The Garden of Ireland. I always think of Wicklow as a miniature version of the Emerald…