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9th July 2017

MAYO NORTH FOOD SERIES PART 1 OF 3 With over 70 years of experience, the Clarke family of Ballina are renowned for their wonderful range of award-winning smoked salmon, using original recipes handed down from their father, the renowned historian, Jackie Clarke. Jackie’s sons have since expanded the range to include organic, and flavoured smoked […]

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Husky Dog Sledding in Kirkenes – Norway

Alan Clarke

5th May 2017

norway, snow hotel, Things to do in Mayo, travel, travel agent

It’s our final day of activities and today we are going Husky Dog Sledding in Kirkenes. I’ve been looking forward to this since I set foot on Norwegian soil. I love adventures and I’m a big dog lover so this is right up my street. Again, we were picked up at the ship and transferred […]

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Snowmobile to the end of Europe

Alan Clarke

9th April 2017

Adventure, arctic, fly away travel, norway, Off Road, snow, travel agent

On to the next stop. Day three day of my FLY AWAY TRAVEL trip to Norway. The ship has docked and there is a bus waiting for us. We have to get to our snowmobiles and travel to the next port in time to meet the ship again. Challenge accepted. The Norwegian people are very […]

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Nordkapp – next stop The North Pole

Alan Clarke

28th March 2017

Day three of my FLY AWAY TRAVEL trip to Norway. Imagine a place far above the Arctic Circle, where you can stand 307 metres above sea level, gazing out over the Atlantic Ocean and watch it meet the Arctic Ocean. Sounds amazing right? Well…..we cant go there today. There was an avalanche during the night […]

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In search of the Northern Lights – Tromsø

Alan Clarke

26th March 2017

In search of the Northern Lights – Tromsø

Day two of my FLY AWAY TRAVEL trip to Norway. Tromsø During the 19th century, Tromsø became known as the “Paris of the North”. How this nickname came into being is uncertain, but the reason is generally assumed to be that people in Tromsø appeared far more sophisticated than visitors from the south typically expected. […]

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From Dublin to 71˚North

Alan Clarke

25th March 2017

Over the next couple of days I’m taking on a journey to the most Northern part of Europe, thanks to Fly Away Travel & Cruises For You. They are an award winning travel agency, located in Ballina, County Mayo. I will be traveling with Pamela who is the managing director of Fly Away Travel and […]

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Meet Micheal, thats "Mee-Hall" not Michael

Alan Clarke

12th March 2017

Athenry, Castle Ellen, Castle Ellen House, Galway, Wild Atlantic Way

Meet Micheal, thats “Mee-Hall” not Michael

We stumbled upon this beautiful house from 1810 just a couple of miles outside Athenry in Co.Galway

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Egypt. Why Not ?

Alan Clarke

23rd November 2015

Egypt, Tourism in Egypt, Videos of Egypt

Egypt’s tourism minister said on Saturday he expects the number of tourists to drop by 13 percent in 2015/2016, compared to the year before, reaching 9 million tourists. This makes me very sad indeed and to be honest thanks to the mainstream media I think this figure is very conservative. I must say when I […]