How hiking on the Beara Peninsula helped our family heal after lockdown

Conor Power and his sons left phones behind for a healing adventure after lockdown — an epic four-day hike along the Beara Peninsula

Allihies Copper Mine Trail, Beara Way, Beara, Co Cork

Conor Power

I’m a recent convert to walking.

When I was young, I avoided it like the plague, much preferring to cycle or drive. Now, I can’t get enough of it; of its unique primaeval healing of the body and mind.