Location: Kilkenny. Difficulty: Easy. Time: 1.5 hrs (allowing time for reading nature boards! 🤓) Distance: 4km. Equipment: Flat shoes. Families: Buggy friendly. Rating: 4 stars. Our original plans for a hike were scuppered this particular Sunday morning, which left us exploring the beautiful medieval city of Kilkenny. We pieced together a 4km walk through the … Continue reading Kilkenny Castle and Nore Riverside
Location: Blessington lakes, Co. Wicklow. Difficulty: Moderate. Time: 2 hrs 15. Distance: 8km. Equipment: Rain gear, hiking boots, hat, gloves. Families: Not buggy friendly. Rating: 4 stars. Reference: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/280/ On a cold blustery Sunday we set out to explore at Blessington lakes. There’s no obvious parking spots so we parked opposite the start of the … Continue reading Lugnagun and Sorrel Hill
Location: Co. Wicklow. Difficulty: Moderate. Time: 2.5 hrs. Distance: 6km. Equipment: hiking boots, raingear, hat, thick trousers (lots of thorny bushes). Families: not buggy friendly. Rating: 4 stars. This week we took on The Great Sugar Loaf... again. The mountain offers a popular climb to the summit, which can be done in 45 mins. But … Continue reading The Great Sugar Loaf
Location: Co. Dublin. Difficulty: Easy. Time: 50 mins each way. Distance: 9km. Equipment: Runners, rain gear, hat as it's exposed. Families: Buggy friendly. Rating: 3 stars. We both live in Swords so this was a walk of convenience for us as we both had Mother's day plans. We parked in the Malahide Castle carpark as … Continue reading Malahide to Portmarnock
Location: Co. Wicklow. Difficulty: Moderate. Time: 2hrs 30mins. Distance: 9km. Equipment: Hiking boots preferable, scarf, hat. Families: Not buggy friendly. Rating: 4 stars. We returned to the spectacular Glendalough on a gloriously sunny morning to complete this hike. On arrival, we realised we were in good company when we joined the queue to enter the … Continue reading The Spinc (white loop), Glendalough
Location: Co. Dublin. Difficulty: Easy. Time: 40 minutes. Distance: 2km each way. Equipment: Rain gear, runners, hat, gloves. Families: Buggy friendly. Rating: 5 stars. We chose a short handy walk for St Patrick’s day. What the walk lacked in distance, it made up for in breathtaking views of Lambay island and the coastline all the … Continue reading Portrane to Donabate Cliff Walk
Location: Roundwood, Co. Wicklow. Difficulty: Easy. Time: 3 hr 15. Distance: 15km but there are shorter options. Equipment: Runners, rain gear, gloves, hat, snacks, water. Families: Suitable for all terrain buggy. Rating: 5 stars. Reference: https://visitwicklow.ie/item/roundwood-varty-reservoir-trails/ This is our new favourite walk of 2019. There are 3 different loops available. We did the full perimeter … Continue reading Vartry Reservoir
Location: Co. Dublin. Difficulty: Moderate. Time: 3 hours - though we didn't complete the loop 
Distance: 11k. Equipment: Hiking boots, Rain gear, gloves, hat, snacks, water, (a tenner for a taxi back to the car should a blizzard set in) Families: Not suitable for buggies. Rating: 4.5 stars Reference: https://www.discoverireland.ie/Activities-Adventure/bog-of-the-frogs/71522 We chose this walk … Continue reading Howth Cliff Walk (Purple Route)
Location: Co. Wicklow. Difficulty - Moderate. Time - 2 hr 30. Distance - 9km. Equipment required - Rain gear, hat, scarf, gloves, sunglasses, hiking boots as terrain is rocky and boggy on the mountain, water, snacks. Families: Not suitable for buggies. Rating - 4 stars. Reference - https://www.discoverireland.ie/Activities-Adventure/crone-woods-maulin-mountain-loop/75538 This was the busiest walk we've done … Continue reading Maulin Mountain and Crone Wood
Location: Co. Louth. Difficulty - Easy. Time - 1 hr 15. Distance - 8km. Equipment needed - Rain gear, runners, hat, scarf, gloves, sunglasses. Families: Suitable for buggies. Rating - 2.5 stars. Reference - https://www.discoverireland.ie/Activities-Adventure/great-eastern-greenway-omeath-to-carlingford/95850 If we were to do this walk again we'd walk from Carlingford towards Omeath for 5km and turn around and … Continue reading Carlingford Greenway, Omeath to Carlingford
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