Booking a week with nature to nurture

The cliffs of the Seven Heads in west Cork are garnished with confections of sea pinks in full bloom, blankets of yellow kidney vetch and mantles of golden bird’s-foot trefoil.

I cannot remember seeing the cliff tops so lavishly endowed.

This week, with family visiting, we will walk them and, weather permitting, will take ourselves west to the islands of Bantry Bay. A ferry to Whiddy and a cable car to Dursey should make a welcome change for children and grandchildren who lead urban lives, albeit familiarity with Ireland and La Gomera have imbued in them a grá for nature.