Yoga Walk in Glendalough Saturday August 15^th

Meet at the Brockagh Centre and Glendalough @11am

The Yoga Walk day is for anybody interested in getting out in the fresh air, going for a walk in the Wicklow area and also trying some yoga.  The Day will involve a yoga session in the morning at 11:00  (No yoga experience is required).

The Yoga session will warm you up, stretch your muscles and have you ready for the walk ahead.  After the yoga we then go for a walk in the Glendalough area.

The walk will be about 2 -3 hrs long, ideally up around the lakes in Glendalough and led by a walking guide.

There will also be a break on the walk for some lunch and many chances to take in the wonderful surroundings.The walk will be kept at a pace to suit everyone to keep it as enjoyable as possible.

Places are limited so booking is required.

If interested you can ring Terry on 087-7849599 e-mail info@hilltoptreks.ie or visit www.Hilltoptreks.ie for more information.

Outdoor music festival Knockanstockan, Blessington Wicklow this summer

This summer sees a variety of homegrown music acts playing in wicklow by Blessington lakes. Including such Irish bands as The Mighty Stef- ( seen him in the sugar club many moons ago – he’s great! ), Sickboy and The Hot Sprockets to name a few on the weekend of July 24-26.  if the weather is good this wil be a weekend to remember for sure all in beautiful surroundings and only a short drive from Dublin.

so thats:

Knockanstockan festival
24-26 July 2009
Blessington lakes
Wicklow

For more details and to keep updated visit the festival; website at www.knockanstockan.ie

Wicklow Hostel Volunteers Update

Just a quick update from the Wicklow Hostel who are looking for volunteers to help them complete the project this summer:

Hi Folks,

Just to let you know that we have 26 Wwoofers confirmed this summer to help us build our earthship wall. We’ve moved the build forward to start at the end of June and we expect this build to carry on till August. There is still room left for more Wwoofers so please contact us if you wish to be in on the craic!. There is a festival in our nearby town “The Tinahely Fair” on on the 3rd of August so if your interested try and time your stay around this as this is an event not to be missed! Places are now limited so drop us an email quick or check out our website & blog for details on : www.wicklowhostel.ie

Thanks

Alison

The girls from muddy matches are organising another fun weekend across the water this coming Bank Holiday weekend:

Over to you ladies:.

After the success of our May Bank Holiday Sailing Trip, we are delighted to announce two new summer sailing dates:

• June Long Weekend (Thurs 4th – Sun 7th June 2009) – click here for more information.

• August Bank Holiday (Fri 28th – Mon 31st August 2009) – click here for more information.

If you fancy a bit of an adventure and a chance to meet some new like-minded people, why not come and join us?

Why not indeed!!

Roz and Skippythedog

Living Life the wicklow way

Wicklows Future Looks Green and Keen

It is a rare but happy day when we get excited here at www.thewicklowway.ie, and today folks is one of those days!!

We have been contacted by two very enterprising groups who have great plans for Wicklow and Indeed Ireland.

First up is the soon to be opened Wicklow Hostel situated along the Moyne section of the infamous Wicklow Way Walk. This is an eco  friendly hostel and I forsee amazing times ahead.

Incidentally they need a bit of volunteer help to get the ‘Earthship Wall’ (? I dunno yet what it is but I am signing up!) built in time for the planned opening ( september 2009) and we will have more info on that very soon.

In the meantime check them out on: www.wicklowhostel.ie

Secondly but no less important is the entreprenurial Grainne Sherlock who basically wants to get more Wicklow businesses involved with discount offers for tourists visiting Ireland. The cards are  bought by tourists via her website in the form of a 20 euro discount card.

She works tirelessly promoting the scheme with her many tourism contacts and you, the wicklow business, get more tourists visiting you and therefore buying your goods! and for you its free.

They buy it for a whole year and can plan their trips to avail of whatever applicable discounts they wish to avail of.

Guys – this is a GREAT idea and she has done all the work for you. All you have to do is make an offer to be included! see  here for more explanation than I can offer!! on her website: www.emeralddiscounts.ie

Grainne has a wealth of experience within the Irish Tourism Industry and has many useful contacts which she is utilising.

This , my friends, Is how to suceed in a recession- join up – its FREE!!!!

Greystones Theatre – Take a Peek…

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Dinner at Bates Rathdrum May Bank Holiday Weekend

What can we say guys? Bates restaurant in Rathdrum got the thumbs up again not only from us humans but from Skippy The Dog too!

The holiday weekend proved an ideal chance to enjoy some of Wicklows finest restaurants and bates restaurant is surely one of these! Myself and a friend headed up to bates on Saturday night to find the restaurant buzzing with a fun atmosphere pervading throughout.

We were welcomed by Alvaro and seated at a  comfortable table with the usual niceties of breads, dips and water to settle us in. ( I ADORE their olive tapenade!!). My friend is a vegetarian and found a good choice of meals to choose from , selecting the gnocchi whilst yours truly elected for the seasonal Lamb.

The whole meal was deliciously cooked by the wonderful Marino and there were small groups, couples, birthday party people and businessmen all enjoying the night.

We later chilled out outside in the cute and pretty cobblestoned lane then headed back home full of yummy food and with a special doggy bag for mr skippy. Needless to say he wolfed it up and says cheers to bates and hopes to see y’all again soon.

Why not check out their videos on their YouTube to get an idea of the restaurant:
Bates Restaurant Wicklow- Videos >>> or visit their website on www.batesrestaurant.ie

Wicklow Photos from The Wicklow Way Team

At last we have new photos of wicklow up in our gallery. visit our photo page to view them here >>>

For older images including those of the Glendalough Muddy matches walk, Hilltop treks wicklow way walks and much more visit our flickr profile where we will be uploading these over the next while – literally!!

Otherways to keep up to date with us are through you tube, twitter and bebo of course!

Oh,and check out our old friend Mark Deans music here: >>

We particuarly like ‘Reckless’…ah so mellow

Wicklow Arts Festival May Bank Holiday and More

The wonderful Wicklow Arts Festival is gearing up for another year and this year they have some really interesting activities taking place that all the family will enjoy.

Just a few of the highlights include:

• Comedy with Kevin McAleer,
• Wassa Wassa Drumming,
• Children’s writing with David Donohue,
• Puppet Show,
• A selectionof workshops inc: Fabulous Fabric Jewellery,Create with Clay,Tie-Dye
• Fabulous music from Sabrina Piggott
• dont forget the Wicklow Rocks Showcase!

Keep an eye out here on www.thewicklowway.ie for updates on events or visit their website at www.wicklowartsfestival.ie or better still ww-arts-festival-day-by-day-1and print it off at home!

See you around at the festival fun!!

roz and Skippythedog

Brockagh Bealtaine Festival – Glendalough, Wicklow May 2009

Events at a glance

• Sunday 3rd May            Car Boot Sale (special rates for active retirement)
• Tuesday 5th May          Us Then, Us Now – Swapping stories & ‘old time  lunch’ with children from St.   Kevin’s National School
• Thursday 7th May       “Mrs Pettigrew lives for a Day” – Conary Film Club, Avoca – 8pm Bus leaves Laragh 7.30 pm
• Saturday 9th May       Yoga Walk – Yoga Session followed by walk – discount to over 55s  11am
• Saturday 9th May         Cecilia Ahearn’s Mrs Whippy- with Mary McEvoy 8pm
• Sunday 10th May         Country Market & Craft Fair -11.30am -4pm
• Tuesday 12th May       “Opening Doors with Technology” – Mobile Phone, Camera, Email, Internet 11am – with Avondale Community College.
• Monday 18th May         Treasure Hunt for the Clueless (Wicklow Mountains National Park) – 11am – 2pm
• Sunday 24th May         Afternoon Tea Dance & Variety Acts – 3-6pm
• Saturday 30th May      Festival Dance with Tommy Carroll 9.30pm
• For further details visit their website here: www.brockaghresourcecentre.ie

Whether your looking for places to stay in Wicklow that are Pet friendly, Family friendly, romantic, secluded, close to amenities, etc you can find all accommodation listings for Wicklow in our directory www.wicklowtourism.ie , Just click here >>>

And if you have a bed and breakfast, chalet, self catering cottage, campsite or hotel that is not yet listed on the directory well…what are you waiting for? Just add it in for *free – (*basic listings are free whilst premium listings cost only €12.99 payable online using PayPal) and start beating this recession online with The Wicklow Way.ie

Roz and Skippythedog

A message for John Boorman

A wicklow way reader has sent us in the following request- She is looking for a way to contact John Boorman- film director who lives in county Wicklow. If anyone perhaps sees John for a morning coffee or something (?) maybe they could pass this on to him for us?

Her name is sandra and her contact details are at the end of the piece.

Thaaaanks, Roz and skippy.

Living Life the wicklow way ~ Bringing Community back

Can anyone pass along a note from me to John Boorman? Having recently seen his film with Marcello Mastroianni `Leo the Last`, I am prompted to submit an account of my `take` on London life during the Eighties.

Where can I send it? If he won`t do it perhaps he can refer me to an upcoming director (looking for scripts)?

Thanks,

Sandra
BFI Associate Tutor

Contact information for sandra: email her at:  sandra_shevey@yahoo.com

Looking for some ideas for Easter Break?

Why not take a leaf out of our book and go camping?!! Ireland and especially Wicklow has much to offer the camping / caravanning lover with relatively low rates and much outdoor activities to keep you occupied.

Check out www.camping-ireland.ie for ideas on the camping parks near you in Wicklow such as River Vallery in Redcross Co Wicklow or Hidden Valley Holiday park in Rathdrum Co Wicklow or get outta  Co Wicklow for a while perhaps to nearby Kilkenny for an easter break.

That’s what we have planned anyway, we’re off to Nore Valley park in Bennetsbridge Kilkenny where we’ll take some photos and videos to show you how a novice camper like myself and skippy can enjoy it!!

ciau for now,

Roz and Skippy the dog
xx

http://www.camping-ireland.ie/wicklow/wicklow.html

Nice to see that a Visit to Glendalough in Wiicklow has been recommended on Twitter as part of the “I Love Ireland” week

The blog www.lecraic.com that likes to keep you up on all the ‘craic’ has nominated Wicklows’ popular tourist attraction as highly recommended to visit on his twitter feed.

Also if your looking for a light hearted blog then try out www.culch.ie for news, comments and general chat on popular culture in Ireland and abroad by Rick O Shea and his gang of blogging mates.

keeping it real

roz and skippy
Wicklow

Wicklow Town Meditation and Yoga this weekend!

Yoga Gorey – also based in Arklow Co Wicklow, have some Yoga workshops and training classes coming up- read more:

Anto will be giving a Yoga and Meditation Workshop @ Wicklow Sacred
Space this weekend (http://www.yogasacredspace.com/node/11), Saturday
March 14th from 10.30am to 1.30pm, Euro 50.

Anto (as most of you know)
is a highly experienced teacher, with over 20 years experience with
meditation and teaching yoga full time for the last 10 years. For any
questions, don’t hesitate to give him a call on 087 907 7505.

For more details on Wicklow Yoga including Yoga Lessons for Teaching Yoga see their website: www.yogagorey.com

hilltoptreks.ie

Singles Walk in Glendalough April 18th

Hilltop treks singles walk in Wicklow

These walks are organised with single people in mind who enjoy the great outdoors, walking and would like the opportunity of meeting someone the same interest.

Walking as an activity that can provide an excellent, fun and informal way to meet new people.

The walk will be an easy type walk 2 -3 hrs with a break for lunch that’s provided followed by dinner in the highly-recommended Glendalough Hotel.

Tickets cost €56

Price Includes

• Guided walk with qualified guide

• Lunch for walk

• Evening meal in the Glendalough Hotel.

If you are interested you can ring Terry on 087-7849599, e-mail info@hilltoptreks.ie or visit www.Hilltoptreks.ie for more information

Places are limited so booking is required.

Star Studded Show Friday Feb 27th

Two things, firstly Astronomy Ireland are holding a few star watch events next Friday 27th Feb throughout Ireland, the closet to us probably being in Carlow IT : http://www.astronomy.ie/venusmoon2009(feb).html

These events offer us the chance to view the sky jewels through amazingly high quality telescopes – Indeed when we went to see Jupiter in Roundwood at the star b q last year (?) I was really amazed at the detail.

Many galactic events are taking place (some for the last time in 30 years, some not again until 2012, bringing to mind the Mayan Prophecies methinks!) thus the star watch events taking place.

Secondly have a look at this link, it certainly makes you think!

http://www.astronomy.ie/perpespective.html

Roz and skippythedog
xx
living Life The Wicklow Way

Yoga Walk in Glendalough 21st of Feb

In the Brockagh Centre and Glendalough.

This is being run by Hilltoptreks.ie who are involved in organising walks in the Wicklow area and other parts of Ireland.
The Yoga Walk day is for anybody interested in getting out in the fresh air, going for a walk in the Wicklow area and also trying some yoga.

The area of Glendalough is an ideal location for the Yoga as it was once one of the pilgrimage centres of Europe and it still has a wonderful peaceful mood about it.

The Day will involve a yoga session in the morning at 11:00 .The Yoga session will be given by a qualified yoga instructor. (No yoga experience is required).
The Yoga session will warm you up, stretch your muscles and have you ready for the walk ahead.

After the yoga you will need to change into your walking boots and we then go for a walk in the Glendalough area.

The walk will be decided on the day depending on weather and the size of the group, it will be about 2-3hrs long, ideally up around the lakes in Glendalough and lead by a walking guide.
There will also be a break on the walk for some lunch and many chances to take in the wonderful surroundings.
The walk will be kept at a pace to suit everyone to keep it as enjoyable as possible.

If interested you can ring 087-7849599
Email Info@hilltoptreks.ie
Or visit www.Hilltoptreks.ie for more information.

The price is €40.

You will need to bring mat for yoga and gym outfit.
Walking boots, packed lunch for walk and plenty of water.
Raingear and a smile..

See you there

Terry.

L’il Sis has gone to Greece

First family casualty of the recession- my sis has gone to greece to work -Safe Trip Linda and It will be an Adventure. We love You

Roz, Skippy, Leonie, Kat, Sam, Mum, Dad, Vinnie, Rae, Dave, Dave2, Javs, Nikki, Leia, Abi, Jim,Jenny, Jess, Chris, Robyn,Tracy, Con, Mateja, and all of us here in Wicklow

xxxx

Rain Rain Go Away, Saturdays Walk Awaits!

Fingers crossed as we closely watch the 3 day forecast with the hope of no rain and perhaps even a bit of sunshine for Saturdays Pre-Valentine Walk in Glendalough with Muddy Matches, and HilltopTreks.

Yours Truly will be there braving the elements to bring you news of the event and meet up with all the like-minded Country Lovin Folks who enjoy the outdoors and have no problem if they ‘happen’ to meet a possible future love interest… hee hee.

There’s whispers of this being documented so skippy is adamant to get his little woofy face up on the big screen. – watch this space, we’ll tell you ALL about it – but hey! why aren’t you coming anyway?

There have been a few new places opened up so why not contact Lucy and Emma and get Living Life The Wicklow Way….

we”ll keep you up to ‘date’ (oh me oh my!) with how its looking!

Currently the weather looks good- bright but cold-

“Isolated wintry showers will trouble northern and northwestern coasts on Saturday but the rest of the country will be dry and largely sunny; temperatures will improve a little and winds will be light but it will still feel rather cold. Another hard frost will set in early on Saturday night under clear skies but rain, preceded by sleet or snow, will arrive in the west and southwest later”

ref- www.met.ie/forecasts/

DO WEAR WARM CLOTHES AND NOT JEANS AND RUNNERS!!!

For information on mountain safety visit the Wicklow Mountains National Park website which is where you will be walking! Click here >>>

See You all Saturday

Roz and Skippy The (single and cute) Dog
Living Life The Wicklow Way….