12 years ago, Paul Duff left behind the hustle and bustle of Dublin and settled for a new life on Valencia Island, just off the south west tip of Co Kerry. Here he is surrounded by the wild Atlantic Ocean as he tends to his vegetables and a lighthouse. Mark Nevin is model railway enthusiast who can quite easily while away the hours and days building and maintaining his large model railway. It’s a lifelong passion that has saved his sanity during the lockdown. We also hear from Julian Tynan-O’Mahony originally from Ireland but now living in Sweden’s largest city, Gothenburg, where the government has adopted a very different approach to tackling the COVID-19 virus. We also check back in on Mariana Moncasi in Madrid as the Spanish government begins to ease back on the rigid lockdown restrictions and citizens can once again enjoy a taste of the open air. We also get some scientific insight into the virus from Spanish science podcaster Carlos Alameda host of El Viajero de la Ciencia.

Music featured (CCC licensed): Christian Bjoerklund 'Hallon'; Blue Dot Sessions 'Cupcake Marshall'; Soft and Furious 'So What'; Ryan Andersen 'Awakening'.