Where is your favorite place?

When it is warm, or at least dry.
I go lie on a huge limestone rock in the middle of the bog.
It is worn smooth and is so comfortable.
I hole up there with a book, and pretend time doesn't exist.

fits

That sounds lovely. I bet you werent out there much this summer.

Mine is a particular beach/cove in Kerry where I spent a lot of time when I was a child. I love the water and the boats bobbing up and down and the rocks and the smell and sound of the sea.

john_aero

have 2 places,

one is in my partners arms alone and watching water flow by on the river.

but one of my favourite places is where i can be free alone and in a completely different word, i love when i am up flying

Clare Bear

On my Dad's farm at home ever since I was a little person I've gone to a little hill overlooking a river and a pond next to a forestry. Always used to bring my doggies up there and look at the tadpoles when I was small Still love it now. Could lie there all day listening to all the different sounds.

I wish I was there now

Cathmandooo

The pub

The Recliner

Somewhere beside the sea, I grew up beside the sea and am always drawn back to it

That or cosyed up with someone in bed

mollybird

i have two is well. one is dun laoighre pier and the other is at home down on the local beach. what can i say i love looking out at the sea.

john_aero

if i had cash i would go back to san diego, spent hours just lazing around in the sky watching the sights and the sun go down, was unreal never seen anything so peaceful or relaxing and ech time i went up it just got better and you saw more detail

Clare Bear

mollybird wrote: »

i have two is well. one is dun laoighre pier and the other is at home down on the local beach. what can i say i love looking out at the sea.

Yeah I'm a big sea lover too. I've always wanted to live by the sea and my apartment overlooks it now so happy days. Could spend all day looking out at it. So relaxing.

Nevyn

My bed.

Ginny

In Ireland, The Estuary in Malahide, Malahide beach, the seafront up near St Annes.
Otherwise Ithaca, epescially coming around the cliff to the mouth of the harbour, amazing.

PurpleBerry

My other 3/4 and I found this lovely place in Wicklow. We found it by accident so not sure how to get back there.

Splinter

favourite place is just outside cumbria in a place called Tarn, its a house we rent out each year and go for a weekend and in the mornings i woke up and went for a juggle with this view...

linky

big photo...

quoteunquote

I used to love the old park that's in the town near me but then half the teenagers in the town decided to make it their underage drinking lair and ruined the place

pow wow

The beach by Lissadell House in Sligo or Barley Lake in Cork.

Generally anywhere that I'm assured peace and quiet and some nice scenery works for me!

Clare Bear

quoteunquote wrote: »

I used to love the old park that's in the town near me but then half the teenagers in the town decided to make it their underage drinking lair and ruined the place

That's happened to a lot of lovely parks unfortunately

missmatty

The beach beside my house at home is amazing.

Very fond of being in my bed. Alone is grand too, anything else is a bonus :pac:

Also for places, I love Edinburgh and Dubrovnik.

Fletch123

I love bed.

I love being on top of Killiney Hill looking out across the bay and then across the city.

The Burren.

Cong Abbey.

Florence.

Far too many places I love being!

rainbow kirby

My bed.

Macha

I have 3:

1) My bed (futons are great)
2) Loloata, an island off PNG (www.loloata.com). We used to go there when I was a kid, running around, getting sunburnt, playing in the sea and making friends. A child's paradise. Last time I was there was 16 years ago
3) Paris - just love it.

Ginny

Oh and I forgot New York, I adore New York.

zoey

On the beach close to my home with the dog, no matter what the weather- pure bliss!

And of course bed- big bonus if the boyfriend is there too!

dfx-

Storms River in Tsitsikamma National Park

The beach at Plettenberg Bay as the Indian Ocean rambles in

Atop Table Mountain

:cool:

gcgirl

Neesa wrote: »

My other 3/4 and I found this lovely place in Wicklow. We found it by accident so not sure how to get back there.

I have spent so many summers there Its called ''The Glen Turn'' you use to be able to walk out to the lighthouses that way but with coastal erosion i think you can't get past it but yeh its some place alright reason why i love Wicklow over Dublin !! and its 5 mins from where i grew up

Catari Jaguar

I love London in the winter. All the parks and the vibe, the beautiful architecture; House of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, Picadilly.

bills

italy-just loved it amazing.

In ireland, just heading out for a drive on a nice day to connemara etc.

Plug-me-in

Oh golly, this thread reminds me of a really embarressing french class last year, we were talking about places we've been, and then my teacher (scary scary little woman) pounced on me and SCREAMED " Where's your favourite place??" (in french)......


I sat stammering for what felt like hours, and then mumbled "une montagne", to shrieks of laughter from my classmates....:o


The rest of the day was filled with jokes about Mount Leinster and its apparent hidey-holes....

LadyMayBelle

So many times in Australia I would stop and stand still and (sadly) say to myself, remember how happy you are now. I miss it everyday and I'm back three years!

On my summer hols in Turkey this year on a boat, I wanted to never leave!

Loopy

My local park, its 5 mins away from me and it is my haven...

ChewChew

hhmm. When looking for ''me'' time I like to pop along to have a chat with my Dad.

other than that, my home i the best place. I adore being home wether its with family, friends or just on my own!

Lao Lao

I have a couple, in Dublin it's Howth Head, right up the top out on the edge, followed closely followed by the Iveagh Gardens and the gardens in Dublin Castle

In Ireland, it's the beach at Dooey, Donegal, no matter what the weather is like.

Outside Ireland, it's a toss up between Hoi An in Vietnam and Ko Phi Phi in Thailand

GirlInterrupted

My favourite place is a bench at the bottom of my parents garden in Wicklow, where you can look down through the trees to the beach....

Its heaven on a sunny day.

Curlypinkie

The Dooey beach in Donegal... i treasure that memory.

My most favourite spot however, lake just outside of Stockholm city centre. Hot summers day. Me about to dive in......
Trees and rocks everywhere mmmm

2nd best: anywhere I can sit down and watch/interact with my nephew. The little brat

3rd best. Bed.

2 stroke

Moonbaby wrote: »

When it is warm, or at least dry.
I go lie on a huge limestone rock in the middle of the bog.
It is worn smooth and is so comfortable.
I hole up there with a book, and pretend time doesn't exist.

Plug-me-in wrote: »

The rest of the day was filled with jokes about Mount Leinster and its apparent hidey-holes....

There is such a rock over the top of Mount Leinster, on the wild side. ( not sure if it's limestone ). I havn't been there in about ten years, but I've had sex with 3 different girls on that rock, different times, I miss that rock.

EEWWw thank god I own my rock.....although...

Black Swan

Favourite place? The boat we live on in Newport Harbour. Gives me a sense of freedom, in that we can weigh anchor and leave, and it rocks me to sleep at night.

Jules

There is a small spot on the east cork cost between ballycotton and youghal called Knockadoon. When ever i have a personal crisis or just need time to repair my self i head down there. The minute i hit youghal i feel better no tv's no radio just me some books and plenty of time.

Clare Bear

Jules wrote: »

There is a small spot on the east cork cost between ballycotton and youghal called Knockadoon. When ever i have a personal crisis or just need time to repair my self i head down there. The minute i hit youghal i feel better no tv's no radio just me some books and plenty of time.

Ah I went to Irish college there, it really is lovely alright:)

Jules

When did you go , i have been there every summer since i was 8 years old. Actually worked there too? I remember the irish weeks, they were hell and the guy that ranthem was, god sean but everyone called him foxy. Think he passed away now. But i loved the teachers they were hilarious. Remember one of them knocking on my wondow at like 1am they had gotten crab and lobster from the fishermen and wanted to cook it and i had the keys to the kitchen. Sean Og was one of them, bit tall dude with long black hair. They were funny.

Clare Bear

Jules wrote: »

When did you go , i have been there every summer since i was 8 years old. Actually worked there too? I remember the irish weeks, they were hell and the guy that ranthem was, god sean but everyone called him foxy. Think he passed away now. But i loved the teachers they were hilarious. Remember one of them knocking on my wondow at like 1am they had gotten crab and lobster from the fishermen and wanted to cook it and i had the keys to the kitchen. Sean Og was one of them, bit tall dude with long black hair. They were funny.

97, 98. Aww Foxy. Yeah he died a few years ago. Biggest funeral I'ver ever been to. That man was loved so much. I probably met you down there so Jules and didn't even know

Mr. Presentable

bills wrote: »

italy-just loved it amazing.

In ireland, just heading out for a drive on a nice day to connemara etc.

Yeah baby! Rome, Genoa, Florence. Amazing

Jules

you probably did i worked there summer 95, 96, 97. in the kitchen!!! twas awesome time!

sunnyside

Always happy to come home to my house and my bed.

If I want company it's a friends batchelor pad in Winter. He has an open fire, a dog, a plasma screen, a piano and he cooks for me. Just sitting there chatting to him makes me happy.

I love my local park and cafe's. Loving the picture of the park posted by looptheloop We definitely aren't neighbours-don't recognise the place.

For a holiday Marrakech (in Morocco)

All these happy places make me .

Clare Bear

Jules wrote: »

you probably did i worked there summer 95, 96, 97. in the kitchen!!! twas awesome time!

Aww Yeah Knockadoon will always hold a special place in my heart.

Clare Bear

Moonbaby wrote: »

All these happy places make me .

Yeah me too, what a nice thread. Aww

skehard

Clare Bear wrote: »

97, 98. Aww Foxy. Yeah he died a few years ago. Biggest funeral I'ver ever been to. That man was loved so much. I probably met you down there so Jules and didn't even know

What a blast from the past hearing Foxy's name!! He was a legend. He chauffered me to my debs!! I was sorry to have missed his funeral. Knockadoon has to be one of my favourite memories and I'd love to go back there again for a visit. Rogha na buachaillì, jumping off the pier, bunk beds, table tennis and draughts....

Lady Chuckles

In the arms of my special someone

Dolbert

I work near the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin and I love sitting there at lunchtime, it's really peaceful

Gougane Barra in West Cork is the most beautiful place I've ever seen, if we had decided on having a tiny wedding we'd have got married there... just heaven!

getz

Splinter wrote: »

favourite place is just outside cumbria in a place called Tarn, its a house we rent out each year and go for a weekend and in the mornings i woke up and went for a juggle with this view...

linky

big photo...

i live 40min drive from tarn malham and settle, i believe that we have a boards ie member who lives there,the area now comes under the yorkshire dales [moved the boundaries] my favourite place in ireland is the meeting of the waters,just love to sit there and chill out then have a meal at the pub

Kooli

The Wineport Hotel in Co. Westmeath!