So, how lucky can you get? Not only did we, quite fortuitously, choose to go to Cyprus over the Greek Orthodox Easter weekend, but we also hit a Cypriot heat wave which took the average daily temperatures up from a pleasantish, but cloudy, 15-17˚C to a sun-blasted – but …
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Social innovation – the Cypriot way
Hill villages the world over are under threat. Subsistence farming is hard, other work non -existent and the temptation to move to the cities in search of an easier way of life almost irresistible. Be it in on the Scottish fells, in the foothills of the Himalyas or on the slopes …
More freefrom holidays…
Just as I was finishing the blog below on Cloona, a newsletter popped into my in-box from Village Ways, the wonderful eco-holiday company I went walking with in the foothills of the Himalayas way back in 2007. (I have wanted to go back ever since but a combination of ES …
Cloona…
This is Clew Bay, looking out from County Mayo across the Atlantic to the Statue of Liberty. And this is Cloona, a converted mill tucked into the hills above Clew Bay, which is not quite a yoga centre, nor quite a Buddhist retreat, nor quite a health farm – but, really, …
Clashing rights and conflicting disabilities
As allergic reactions to everything from peanuts to poodles become ever more prevalent we are all likely to find ourselves sitting on the horns of some uncomfortable dilemmas. Two recent stories, culled from John Scott's' latest news' files, illustrate what I mean... Story 1. …