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The shy and sensitive MARK took TOTP Magazine to his favourite beauty spot in the depths of the Sligo countryside. It's the perfect place for chill-out sesh.

"I'm not the kind of person to go mountain climbing or hiking, I prefer to relax and take things easy. That's why I love these woods, cos they're so green and peaceful. In fact this particular spot by the loch is a great place to come when I want to get away from absolutely everything, from the madness of being in a band. This is the only place where I can be totally alone.
Sligo was a great place to grow up cos there was always plenty of space to play football. Me and my mates would often go off on big adventures in the countryside - you know, see what we could find in the fields and the woods. I suppose we used to think we were in a film! I used to come here with the Scouts. We'd cook sausages, go on treasure hunts and play footie.
I remember once when I came fishing here with my friend. There's loads of trees around so every time we tried to cast off, the fishing line got caught in the branches. In the end we had to leave the fishing rod dangling from the trees and go home minus the rod and any fish!
My nana lives just up the road from these woods. When I was younger both my parents worked so I was round at her house every day after school. She owned a general stores shop and I can remember sitting at the window waiting for my mum to come and pick me up. I really wanted to use the shop till and I was always asking my nana to give me a job but I was too young of course. She let me help her stack the shelves instead which I thought was just great.
My nana is a fantastic cook. I can almost smell her home cooking just thinking about it! She was also a good card player and taught me a few card games on rainy days. When my granddad was still alive they used to grow hay for the local farms and my nana kept a lot of hens and chickens out the back. I can remember feeling very frightened when my nana's hens pecked at me!
I don't have a girlfriend right now but if I did, this would be the ideal place to bring a girl on romantic walks. It's so beautiful here."

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