Horseriding on Rathmullan Beach, County Donegal

The Mission, Vintage Vacations, The Isle of Wight

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

the-mission-iow-042_optThe founders of the Blackgang Mission on the Isle of Wight would not have approved of me. Within seconds of being in this recently converted hall, I had broken one of the Ten Commandments. Thou shall not covet. I was green with jealousy, wanting it not just for the weekend, but for my own home.

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A greener shade of Wight

Sunday, June 10th, 2007

shack3Gone are the purple rinses, the Isle of Wight is the new black. Or should I say green. It surfs, it sculpts, it sings, and it’s shouts sustainability.  It was also the guts of a hundred quid to go there by car ferry on the weekend I wanted to travel, which certainly encouraged me to go green. It was cheaper to travel by train from

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