Late on our last afternoon, we take one of the wooden boats out into the heart of the lake, iridescent at sunset as swallows swoop„ to the horizon. Totally timeless, it’s like landing in a fairytale.

I almost feel guilty to even tell you i went to this place.  It was a last minute trip as the magazine had a story drop out and they asked me to come up with something for a feature. I had recently heard about Ballyfin, an Irish country manor, but never dreamt I would get to go so soon. So it was, we went to Ireland for a rainy weekend in March and stayed in the most magnificent manor house, draped with incredible antiques and the most charming of staff who fed us champagne and tea in silver pots around roaring fires and the most amazing Irish soda bread. I ate so much of that bread that they even gave me some to take home as a gift! The owners are American billionaires who painstakingly hunt down original pieces that would have belonged to the house in its heyday.  Its truly like stepping back in time.  A fairytale i long to repeat, if only that fairy would wave her wand again! 

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Published 2016