Mournes Daytrip Part II
Part II of my daytrip to the Mourne Mountains to climb Slieve Donard, the highest mountain in Ulster.
Mournes Daytrip Part I
Part I of my daytrip to the Mourne Mountains to climb Slieve Donard, the highest mountain in Ulster.
summer slips quietly away…
The last 4-6 weeks have been a bit strange for me. Plenty has been happening and none of it bad but life has kind of just been ticking by. It’s like being a passenger on a boat that is drifting along in the current of a slow wide river. I’m not complaining about this as […]
find them dead
⭐⭐⭐ Find Them Dead (Roy Grace #16) by Peter James. A crime boss hiding behind the persona of an ordinary solicitor is on trial and Meg is selected to sway the jury to a “not guilty” verdict using threats to harm and kill her daughter.
transfer of power
⭐⭐⭐ Transfer of Power (Mitch Rapp #3) by Vince Flynn. Terrorists take over the White House taking hundreds of hostages and the President is out of contact in an underground bunker. A CIA agent is inserted to gather intelligence and try to release the President.
soviet comeback
⭐⭐ “Soviet Comeback” by Jamie Smyth. A young Nigerian refugee in Soviet Russia is taken from his family and trained to be a KGB special agent and assassin.
failure is an option
“Failure is an Option” written and read by Matt Whyman. An ordinary man’s journey from running as a child to taking part in the world’s toughest ultra distance mountain race.
hike: baby bluestacks
Hiking the quieter 400m section of the Bluestack Mountains following a trail by Gerry McVeigh on Mountainviews.ie
the idle cyclist 