Category Archives: Blog Posts
Europe Part 14 – Into Italy
‘If I hadn’t seen such riches, I could live with being poor’ – James Room with a View, iPhoneView full post »
Europe Part 13 – J’entend ton coeur
‘Wealth consists not in having great possessions but in having few wants’ Epictetus St Tropez, as you do,View full post »
Europe Part 12 – The Road to Andorra
“We no longer live life. We consume it’ – Vicki Robin Somewhere on the N260 near Andorra, Canon 5d2,View full post »
Europe Part 11 – The Pyrenees
It isn’t the mountains ahead that tire you out;it’s the pebble in your shoe’ – M.Ali Dusk,View full post »
Europe Part 10 – Belchite, Wind and Tears
‘You may not be interested in war but war is interested in you’ – Leon Trotsky The sound of theView full post »
Europe Part 9 – Egg soup and water
‘The traveller sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see’ – Gilbert ChestertonView full post »
Europe Part 8 – We bones here, for yours await
“Nobody enjoys the company of others as intensely as someone who usually avoids the company of others.” –View full post »
Thundersport – Cadwell Park
Having enjoyed Donnington, I headed over to Cadwell Park to watch the final race of the season. Good ride over, cold butView full post »
Europe Part 7 – Porto, Espinho and Obidos
‘The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it’ – Sydney Harris Porto, Canon 5d2, 70-300LView full post »
Europe Part 6 – Santiago de Compostela
‘I will walk by faith even when i can not see’ – 2 Corinthians 5:7 Santiago de Compostela, CanonView full post »
Thundersports
I took the chance to go to the recent Thundersports at Donington park to give some support to Gawin of 58 Honda racing.View full post »
Europe Part 5 – Northern Spain and the road to Santiago
‘El turista exige, peregrino agradece’ – Anon. (The tourist demands, the pilgrim gives thanks)View full post »
Europe Part 4 – Picos de Europa
“Great things are done when men and mountains meet” – William Blake Picos de Europa, Canon 5d2, 70-View full post »
Europe Part Three – Stone, Wind, Ice and Fire
“No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillowView full post »
Europe Part Two – Underpants and How to Store Them
‘Excess baggage is a symptom of something we are missing on the inside – a fear that we won’t be accepted for whatView full post »
Europe – part one, planning
“Through the clouds an open sky The wind flows through your watering eyes The sounds are pitched to draw youView full post »
A Hornet in Ireland Part 16 – Belfast to Home
“In solitude, where we are least alone” – Byron View from the Dingle to the Sheep’s Head, LeicaView full post »
A Hornet in Ireland Part 15 – Carndonagh to Belfast
“Most people wait at the dock of life waiting for their boat to come in. They realise too late that it never leftView full post »
A Hornet In Ireland Part 14 – Carndonagh and the Inishowen 100
“It is good to have an end to journey towards;but it is the journey that matters, in the end” –View full post »
A Hornet in Ireland Part 13 – Donegal to Carndonagh
“Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most” – Buddha Shoreline nearView full post »
A Hornet in Ireland Part 12 – Westport to Donegal
“Truth is like freedom it doesn’t fool me. Be true to yourself, never think that you’re free”View full post »
A Hornet in Ireland Part 11 – Downpatrick, Mullet and Achill
“I think I need to find a bigger place, ’cause when you have more than you think, you need more space”View full post »
A Hornet in Ireland Part 10 – Lisdoonvarna to Westport
“I climbed a mountain, not knowing that I had. Thought it was just a road from A to B” – ArmstrongView full post »
A Hornet in Ireland Part 9 – The Cliffs of Moher and the Burrens
“In wilderness is the preservation of the world” – Henry David Thoreau The Cliffs of Moher, Leica M9View full post »
A Hornet in Ireland Part 8 – Dingle to Lisdoonvarna
“Beware of me, it says, but if you can hold me, I am the key to all the lands” – Ralph Waldo EmersonView full post »
A Hornet in Ireland Part 7 – Slea Head
“i’m too busy working on my own grass to notice if yours is greener” Author Unknown Slea Head drive,View full post »
A Hornet in Ireland Part 6 – the Ring of Kerry
“It’s a dangerous business going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet,View full post »
A Hornet in Ireland Part 5 – Bantry to Killarney
‘ If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you’re in bad company’ – Jean Paul Sartre TheView full post »
A Hornet in Ireland Part 4 – Cork to Bantry
‘I don’t want to know what time it is, what day it is or where I am. I don’t want to see anybody. NoneView full post »
A Hornet in Ireland – Part 3, (Days 1 and 2)
…and the road becomes my bride… (Ring of Kerry, Southern Loop near Staigue, Leica M9, Summicron 35mm) I hadView full post »
A Hornet in Ireland – Part 2, Equipment and Reflections
Much of this post will be about the gear I took, choice of clothes, what worked and what didn’t and a bit aboutView full post »
A Hornet in Ireland – Part One, Planning
(Sheep’s Head peninsula, Northern Shore. Leica M9, Summicron 35mm) Photography has always interested me asView full post »
Downpatrick Head
So many photos and for the first time ever, so much video to edit. The video is going to take quite some time! Shot ofView full post »
No problem. Grand.
Coming soon – photos and video of my recent 2600 mile motorbike tour of Ireland. Valley near the Sheep&#View full post »
For some moments in life there are no words
I didn’t know you but I saw those you touched. Rest peacefully. View full post »
Freebird
Taken at the mountain range to the North of Nottingham city centre one summers evening. Or maybe it was Southern TurkeyView full post »