Exploring the unlikely intersections of walking, photography and making
My photographs do not do justice to this day’s walk. Perhaps because I am too preoccupied with the task of survival to worry about taking puctures. You will recall that, six days ago when we started on the Blackwater Way, I registered some concern that this trail system was reportedly less developed and more rugged... Continue Reading →
Our taxi drops us back at Bweeng, in front of a forest of signs telling us where we’ve been - the Avondhu Way - and pointing us where we need to go. It’s the first of two days on the Duhallow Way and we know it will be a long one. Forty kilometres long if... Continue Reading →
Our day’s rest in Cork was well-timed at roughly the midpoint of our coast to coast walk. A chance to give our backs a needed break from carrying packs. But it’s still hard to leave our comfortable hotel room and catch an early morning bus to Fermoy, the starting point for the last two stretches... Continue Reading →
Where the East Munster Way ends, in front of a small church in Clogheen, so begins the Avondhu Way. It's the first leg of a much longer trail system, the Blackwater Way, named after and loosely following Ireland's longest river, the Blackwater. Blackwater Way carries a certain amount of mystery and uncertainty. Of all the... Continue Reading →