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Ballyquintin
One of our favourite spots to stop off for a bit of a beach comb is right at the end of the Ards Peninsula. Continue reading
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Stand Alone – Lough Neagh
Antrim’s Lough Shore Park is one of the few locations around the shore of Lough Neagh that you can easily get to the Lough and see it up close. It’s one of Northern Ireland’s elusive spectacles – the largest lake in the UK and yet barely noticed. One of the things that I noticed on… Continue reading
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Newcastle, Co. Down
One of the great aspects of living in Northern Ireland is that nowhere is very far away. We took an afternoon trip up the Mourne Coastal Route and then stopped off in Newcastle on the way back. The sky was overcast and moody and I liked this empty shot looking out to sea from the… Continue reading
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What to do with the Easter Story
The remarkable appendix to the the Easter story is the tale of the the Emmaus Road encounter. After Jesus was raised from the dead he appeared to these two hopeless men as they left Jerusalem, their heads hanging low. On that road Jesus explained to them from ‘all the Scriptures’ the truth of God’s plan… Continue reading
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Beaming Down on Lough Neagh
One thing I’ve found in my brief time living ‘back home’ is that the character of Lough Neagh seems to change with the weather. It can be windswept with waves or flat calm and overcast. Today was a calm day, with a few ripples, but plenty of cloud – the ideal day for a big… Continue reading
