It’s amazing how mixture of sunshine and nature can help mind release the accumulation of day-to-day related stress and improve one’s disposition. So, we were lucky to hike Slieve Foye Loop in Co. Louth on a sunny day with blue sky.

Starting in Carlingford Village, we strolled slowly for over 3 hours through forestry roads, grassy tracks and mountain paths, enjoying some charming views over Carlingford Lough.

To me, however, the biggest gift of a hike is always a clarity of thoughts it brings and the mode of discovery through the landscape of my mind and heart it encourages. On such treks I always like to fantasize and contemplate what it would be like to wander hundreds of kilometres. I believe I could find joy in each step of such a journey…