{"id":283,"date":"2020-05-11T09:37:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T09:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=283"},"modified":"2020-05-11T13:46:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T13:46:49","slug":"sometimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=283","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sometimes (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EddArsXOiqg\" target=\"_blank\">Sometimes<\/a>&#8221; is the last track from the excellent BBC series &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Normal People (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3dLqfon\" target=\"_blank\">Normal People<\/a>&#8221; based on the book by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sally Rooney (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3drj4Bs\" target=\"_blank\">Sally Rooney<\/a> is a reminder that we don&#8217;t always have to travel halfway round the world to have a wonderful short break or a super holiday.  Sometimes we don&#8217;t have far to go.  Just a short flight or ferry ride across the Irish Sea  is the Emerald Isle.  There are great experiences to be had both north and south of the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Normal People Trailer (Official) \u2022 A Hulu Original\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x1JQuWxt3cE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The story of two teenage lovers from Sligo has developed a huge following not just because of the terrific soundtrack, the brilliant acting of the two main stars, the gripping storyline but the captivating locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/medium-Benbulben-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Benbulben Mountain, https:\/\/www.irelandscontentpool.com\/media\/, Gareth McCormack\" class=\"wp-image-284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/medium-Benbulben.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/medium-Benbulben-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/medium-Benbulben-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Benbulben Mountain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sligo is one of Ireland&#8217;s hidden gems.  Much of the landscape has links with the poet W.B. Yeats. His poetry constantly references the landscape and so much of the area today is know as &#8220;Yeates Country&#8221;.  He is burried at Drumcliffe in the shadow of Benbulben Mountain.  His final poem read <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Under bare Ben Bulben&#8217;s head <br>In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid.&#8221;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"786\" src=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/medium-Adventure-Sligo-18.jpg\" alt=\"Adventure Sligo, https:\/\/www.irelandscontentpool.com\/media\/\nJosh McMichael\" class=\"wp-image-285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/medium-Adventure-Sligo-18.jpg 629w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/medium-Adventure-Sligo-18-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><figcaption>Adventure Sligo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For those of you more interested in the ocean than the land you can surf almost the entire western seaboard. But the section in County Sligo is renowned for drawing surfers from across the globe.  International surfing events regularly take place here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find out more about what Sligo or Ireland in general has to offer contact <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelcounsellors.co.uk\/maggie.bush\" target=\"_blank\">Maggie<\/a> today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shop with your <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/amex.co.uk\/refer\/mALCOJLDPQ?CPID=100338475\" target=\"_blank\">British Airways American Express Premium Plus Card<\/a>.  Collect Avios and fly with BA for less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Sometimes&#8221; is the last track from the excellent BBC series &#8220;Normal People&#8221; based on the book by Sally Rooney is a reminder that we don&#8217;t always have to travel halfway round the world to have a wonderful short break or a super holiday. Sometimes we don&#8217;t have far to go. Just a short flight or &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=283\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sometimes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,234,233,235,244],"tags":[238,237,241,243,33,239,240,242],"class_list":["post-283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-city","category-dublin","category-ireland","category-sligo","category-surfing","tag-dublin","tag-ireland","tag-mountains","tag-normal-people","tag-sea","tag-sligo","tag-surfing","tag-yeates","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=283"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":288,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283\/revisions\/288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}