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All Along the Banks on the Royal Canal
Its a wonderful thing to be surprised by something so familiar. As a Dubliner I have looked at and passed over the royal canal literally hundreds of thousands of times in my life. I never really paid...
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Malahide Castle – North County Dublin
Construction of the castle began in 1175. Richard Talbot was granted the “lands and harbour of Malahide” by Henry II the King of England, Lord of Ireland. Talbot was a knight that had travelled with...
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Mullaghmeen Forest
Mullaghmeen forest is one of those wonderful places that is nearly impossible to find and even harder to describe. It sits in the middle of extensive farm lands at the Coole end of the Bog of Allen and...
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From the Sally Gap to Lough Dan
One of the wonderful things about this country is that you are never really sure where a small laneway or an open gate can lead you. One of my favourite walks in the Wicklow mountains is the stroll...
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The Old Mill – Ward River
Originally I had planned to do a longer post about this hidden gem but events have conspired against me. I visited the old mill with a photo buddy Brian last July and it was great to see it again. I...
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Turning Japanese – A Trip to the Gardens
Camera: Pinhole 4×5 (Horseman 120 roll back fitted)Film: Foma 100Dev: Rodinal 1+ 50 9mins It’s not often that I take my soul on the journey from oblivion to enlightenment but the Japanese garden at...
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More Canal Bank Walking – Dublin
Exactly two years ago I wrote a post about having “discovered” the royal canal. I signed off that post suggesting that I wanted to walk the other 140KM to see what else I could find on the route....
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The Afsluitdijk
The view towards Noord-Holland On a cold January Saturday my husband, my sister and I went on a road trip from Rotterdam to Groningen to visit the David Bowie exhibition at the Groningen Museum. On...
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Lough Boora Discovery Park – Pinhole
Camera: terraPin Bijou Sidewinder 6X4.5Film: Rollei CR200Dev: E6 Kit In July a gang of us descended on Lough Boora to spend a day cycling around the flatlands of Ireland and taking some pictures. I...
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Wonderful Wonderful Pinholagen
Restrictions lifted and my Pinhole camera took a long overdue trip to Denmark. The remit for these travels was to just test the waters of international travel in a quasi post-pandemic Europe. As we...
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