In what seems like a lifetime ago we visited Wales, exploring some of the towns and countryside near St. David’s, Newport and elsewhere. Here’s a sunrise outside St. David’s. Up early at 5am. Lovely to be out so early when the world is so quiet.

A dog watches the other dogs at Fountainstown, April 2016.

Waiting at the lights of the Grand Parade/Washington Street junction. Finn’s Corner was still open back in 2019 when I took this photo.

The Jewel of the Seas, a gigantic cruise liner operated by Royal Caribbean left Cobh in Co Cork yesterday. The Cobh Confraternity Band played music while she undocked and set off. Looking up at this enormous ship makes you feel like insignificant. The decks extend up into the sky and she left the harbour quickly…

Bam Artist Artiste singing and entertaining on Paul Street, Cork. August 2019.

Tourists relaxing, having a coffee, in Valletta, Malta.

Sitting outside at a table on a cold November day in Porto, Portugal. Before covid19 made it necessary.

Cobblestone streets in Porto, Portugal. In Cork, they’d be dug up and half the street surface replaced with tarmac.

On the streets in Porto, Portugal. November 2019. In the background is the shop featured in this photo I published earlier this year.

Outside the garage near the Mercy Hospital, Cork. February 2020.

A covid supporter/anti-vaxxer tries to persuade someone that the virus that has killed millions world wide is harmless. August 2021.