My Moon-Shot - family life with a green twist - Clare F Hobba

  When we arrived in Enniskillen, the sun came out and shone throughout our visit. What a pretty place it was, surrounded by lakes and woods...

We were to drive from Carnlough to Derry/Londonderry. Was there anything we should see on the way? Indeed there was. On the Lima...

In Dublin, I was keen to visit bustling Grafton Street because it has so often been mentioned by Irish authors. There we stood, listening to...

It is clear the RSPB will stop at nothing to gain members.  But tinkering with the weather?!? When we arrived at Rathlin Island,...

On our way to Northern Ireland, our ferry docked at Dublin, so we'd decided to spend a couple of days.  We last were here over 25 years ...

Not long after returning from walking the Pembrokeshire coast and we are off again, this time to Northern Ireland. Nigel had booked travel a...

Finally we reached Broadhaven where we were to stop our walk and return home.  We had to admit that our hike had a couple of gap...

On a coast path, you are very exposed to the weather. Even worse, you can see it coming from a long way off, the cliffs whiting ...

Last year, when Nigel and I walked the South Downs Way, we met another couple who were undertaking the same walk. They said something which ...

I thought the coastpath walk was over for me. My poor old knees were very painful after 16 miles of distance and 1240 metres of ...

When my knees let me down and we abandoned our coastal walk, I said to Nigel, 'I remember you telling me about labrador dogs...

One of the drawbacks of walking a long distance path is it's a new hotel each night.  You don't get to know the place be...

In 2022 we walked Hadrian's Wall. Beforehand I was apprehensive - my various arthritic joints wouldn't hold up. But desp...

  I’ve always had plenty of greenery in my house, but I would never have called pot plants a hobby.   They are just part of the household,...

Carenza was preparing for the Hackney Half Marathon . She was hoping to beat her previous best by a whole seven minutes – a be...

 As pets we keep no dogs nor cats, but free-flying white doves who come to be fed. On the end of our house is a white dovecote which has p...

Before ever my mother became ill and died, we had booked a holiday cottage close to my parents for a week at Easter, intending to get the wh...

  My mother’s cremation was at Penmount Crematorium near Truro on Friday 4 th April.   Beforehand all five of us shared breakfast in th...

It's my Mother's funeral tomorrow.  I stepped out of a delightful school trip with my Latin pupils and into the car to t...

  Two weeks ago, Mum died, aged ninety. She had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.  I was wi...

Right now, we have both friends and family members in hospital. It takes a lot to cheer me up. But my school friend Jennie manag...

I've been spending time at the hospital with my Mum.  As I arrive each morning I stop at the public toilets on the way in. Today, a cle...