Going local

Anna from Armagh

May have to remind them to swap glad rags for hiking boots, though!

Anna, Armagh

For the craic

(and a wee change of scenery, too)

Letting some friends from Kildare plan our day at the races, then I'm turning the tables and taking them for an energetic hike up Slieve Gullion

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