The lights of Llafranc in Spain shine brightly near 1am in the morning after a wedding ceremony in a nearby hotel. Swimming there was a highlight of the year for me. Lovely calm and warm waters. As it’s the Mediterranean, there was barely any tide, so you could be sure how much beach was there…

One dog wants to be friends, the other one isn’t quite so sure!

Enjoying ice lollies in Coventry on a hot June afternoon.

An Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita [*] in the grounds of Blarney Castle yesterday. It’s a poisonous mushroom found throughout temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, according to Wikipedia. It’s also poisonous, but these days death from ingestion is rare. It has psychoactive uses too, and it’s…

Dunquin Pier at the end of the Dingle Peninsula sits below a steep grassy cliff. Last year I saw three teenage girls sitting on the edge of the cliff you can see in this photo. I got dizzy just looking at them but they weren’t in (much) danger. There’s a step below where many feet…

Training ship Grace O’Malley docked in Cork recently.

The Three Sisters on the Dingle Peninsula just as the sun sets.

Mist and fog (the same thing?) gather in the hollows of an early morning last week near Blarney.

Hank Wedel and Ray Barron in Charlies Bar last night. There wasn’t a huge crowd but the music was oh so good. So good to hear Hank and Ray play again as we haven’t been in Charlies since before the pandemic started.

Outside the Sin é pub in Cork on Saturday evening as we went to the Everyman Theatre to see Des Bishop perform.

The Moon a few days ago early one morning.

The spires and roof of Atkin’s Hall overlooking the Lee Fields make for a striking silhouette against the afterglow of the setting sun. From a recent outing with Blarney Photography Club.