With the last light of the year’s penultimate afternoon nearly gone we headed west out of Baltimore following a simple little signpost labelled ‘Beacon’. We were hoping for a sunset, or maybe a quiet vantage out over the wild Atlantic. No sooner had we reached the Beacon than it seemed half of Baltimore and their […]
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Lying on the floor and looking straight up is the beautiful vaulted ceiling of Dublin City Hall. Beneath me, Dublin’s Coat of Arms reminds all who can read Latin, that “the obedience of the citizens produces a happy city”. The irony was not lost on me in that it took just a little bit of […]
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In Ireland now it’s winter, it’s cold, the light is low and the ocean’s grey scorn has about as much appeal as hiking in mud. Still I miss her. On some dives the visibility is poor to the point of blindness. On some dives the green haze of plankton is disorients like deep fog. On […]
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Back in September we found ourselves in Kilkenny and unexpectedly in the middle of the final stage of the of the 2024 Rás na mBan. Here at the start I found a moment and a place that really captures the feel of the event. It’s no surprise that none of the visible riders placed at […]
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Something old, something new, something borrowed and a hint of blue. So what has any of this got to do with a dropped pin? Nothing actually. Some time back a friend and I set ourselves a little project. Drop a pin somewhere on the map, go there and be creative with a camera while taking […]
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