Tommy Barker ‘leafs’ no stone unturned in his praise of this eco-framed timber beauty at glorious Glengarriff Woods.

You are lucky enough to live in an exceptionally beautiful place, somewhere that may be a holiday destination, but sooner or later you find yourself taking its many charms for granted.

THE woodland of Ireland was once so dense that is was said a squirrel could travel from Glengarriff in the south to Antrim in the north without touching the ground.

LAST Sunday week was Flying Ant Day on the Seven Heads of west Cork.