The first snow feel of the year, and all the accompanying happiness.

Just a quick update to say hello, and what I’ve been getting up to. As always there are buckets of English tea.

9th September. Nick and I went to the zoo to make wolf masks at a family event, and it’s hard to say who had the most fun.. us or the children.

Recently I went hiking in the Alps, an adventurous, good for the soul hike that made me extraordinarily happy. And I took a bunch of photos. Enjoy!

Ukraine. We drove through Austria, Hungary and crossed the border into Ukraine, saying goodbye to the EU for ten days. It was like we entered a whole new world when we got to the Carpathian Mountains. We drove past forested hills and clear rivers; I stuck my head out the car window and dubbed it the ‘Ukrainian Shire’.

You may have seen we’re looking for another volunteer… applications are open until the 14th September 2018, and here I answer a few common questions about the role, funding and living in Tamsweg.

Week 10. An Irish murder and Ukraine on the horizon.

Week 9. A race against Dutch legs and the magic of peanut butter ice cream.

Week 8. Magic, mud and a market.

If Nature could speak, what would it say?