Very pleasently surprised at the quality of the ...

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We had a very enjoyable overnight stay at ...

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I have selected gardens… whose design clearly illustrates a particular period of garden history, and whose plantings demonstrate an almost obsessional love of plants and the surrounding Irish landscape irish gardens by olda fitzgerald The...

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...waterproof cameras are essential this is my camera. The olympus U 790 SW. Why I am writing about it? Well, I have had this camera longer than any other in my career - and that includes disposable cameras! Outdoors-eee [or just me?] people have a...

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windmills... I thought this would be a boring day out. The ones you got ‘dragged' out on when you were a nipper. I also thought, at first, the €6.50 tour charge was a bit steep, I was [very] pleasantly surprised. This, had to be,...

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Nice Clean rooms with beautifull view , everything ...

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book review - food for free At €17.60 - this ‘life enhancing classic' could nearly buy you a good meal and a glass of fine wine… In the scheme of things it's pricy. But is it well worth it? From revealing the...

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irish taxi ranks - could they be beautiful? This isn't Ireland, it's Maderia! I know we can't grow bananas in Ireland. I'm not suggesting we go bananas - but how about pretty[er] taxi ranks? Most Irish taxi...

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A brilliant gift of a cookery course in Dunbrody by my fabulous sister-in-law Paula led to one of the best day's out I've had in ages.  Interesting and enjoyable in every way without a dull moment in a gorgeous location. We did our annual...

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There are so many ‘organic' books on the market at the moment. Most of them in my opinion perfectly ripe for the compost heap. This one however is an exception and Sheherazade Goldsmith does a great job here. Its not very indepth...

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