This blog is a celebration of the outdoors.

Sometimes, I surf a little, I run a little, I dabble in this and the other, but I always hike and I always write.

To me, a life without hiking peaks and traversing valleys or jumping into salty waves, simply cannot exist - I seek the outdoors, I thrive in the outdoors and I get inspired in the outdoors.

I am from Namibia, a country with nature so beautiful it might break your heart and am based on Ireland's west coast, where the mighty waves of the Atlantic crash on a rugged shore.  

I hope that this blog will help and inspire you to enjoy an outdoorsy, adventurous holiday or life.

Presently, I write mainly about hikes and activities in Ireland, sometimes I feel the urge to share some deeper feelings in my coffee thoughts section or scribbles from my notebook find themselves transferred to the digital world - all fuelled by plenty cups of strong coffee.

I'll meet you there, where the air is fresh and the land is wild, where salt combs through your hair, the rain bounces off your jacket and the sun burns on your skin -

I will meet you outside.

Yours,

Ilka (to you, illynotcoffee) x