Chambers at Large

People can be divided into those who research thoroughly where they are going when travelling and those who don’t. I am in the latter...

Less than an hour from where I live is Lough Key, a lake hosting over thirty islands and some spectacular scenery. I took a drive around...

A hundred and twenty kilometres north of where I live is a different world. A verdant world where Irish is spoken by young and old, where...

I love anything to do with space, the cosmos, galaxies, suns, stars, moons, planets... Astronomy fascinates me, even though I find some...

The town of Kildare in the county of the same name is not the county town (which is Naas) and certainly not the county’s biggest, which...

Situated a few miles outside Athlone, is one of the oldest ecclesiastical settlements in Ireland: Clonmacnoise, which means Meadow of the...

Staycation is once again the buzzword of the summer and this year I plan to visit county towns an hour or so from where I live. ...

Covid-19 has certainly put a stop to my gallop this year, but I’ve made Clones in County Monaghan my second home and on the weekend...

Less than an hour from where I live is Lough Key, a lake hosting over thirty islands and some spectacular scenery. I took a drive around...

Staycation is the keyword of summer 2020 and whilst the Covid 19 pandemic rages I decided to explore a few places a little closer to home....

One of my favourite towns in Ireland is Donegal, set on the coast in the North West. It isn’t a big town, but it is a very welcoming one...

In 2003 The Arigna Mining Experience opened its doors to the public and I was one of the first people to visit the coal mine, which...

Fermanagh is a beautiful lakeland county in Northern Ireland, with plenty to explore. I took a walk around the shores of Lower Lough...

Thirty years ago I went to Cairo to see the pyramids. Today, I visited tombs older than this Seventh Wonder of the World and they are...

Set in the south east of England, the county of Suffolk is a very picturesque place to visit and its villages inspired me to write the It...

Goritsky is a town in the middle of nowhere and my first chance to catch a glimpse of rural, Russian life. The houses are all different,...

My second day in St Petersburg was not as jam packed as the first, but it was equally as interesting, entertaining and exhausting. The...

Making the most of a free weekend, with absolutely no commitments, I decided to head west from my homeplace to County Galway. I have...

To say my initiation to St Petersburg was a whirlwind is an understatement. I was shown so much my head was reeling with Russian...

The afternoon in Yaroslavl was dampened by rain, but spirits were not. It seems to be an affluent town thanks to the petro-chemical...