Field trip to north Mayo last week with BA in History & Geography first year students of @atumayo.bsky.social taking the Guiding module. @atu-ie.bsky.social

We hike north Mayo from 3-7 June.

5 Great Mayo Lunch Spots - Barry's Guided Tours Looking for great Mayo lunch spots to enjoy after your hike? Here are 5 lovely cafés for lunch, coffee or cake, all located near local walks.

As nicer weather finally arrives, here are (now) 6 lovely Mayo spots for lunch, coffee and cakes after your hike. #hiking #ireland barrysguidedtours.com/5-great-mayo...

Yellow Bee-orchid, Ophrys lutea, in Málaga province, 26 March 2026.
#wildflowerhour

From my annual Andalucía Guided Walking Tour a fortnight ago.

A brilliant album on its release in 1985, and still a brilliant album.
Misplaced Childhood, Marillion.

Disappointing St Patrick's Day parade in Galway today. Castlebar's is genuinely much better. Almost no primary schools, virtually no music, no Irish parade classics, like McAlpine Fusiliers, no tribute to Dolores Keane, poor, very poor.

What are we doing here, Reverend, celebrating mass murder? 🤣

Bog track in West of Ireland.

Beautiful bog track; pity about the non-native conifers beyond.

Mullaghmore in summer.

Magnificent

Bartragh Island.

Beautifully located ringfort right on the Moy estuary, Killala Bay.

Best I managed of last night's Aurora over Castlebar. Phone camera with 10sec shutter speed.

Jaysus, just spent 48hrs in Dublin. The dereliction in the capital of this supposedly filthy rich country is incredible. Liberties to SCR, it's everywhere.

I remember watching one here in NW Ireland, nearly 20 years ago. A remarkable and beautiful sight.

Fragen an deutsche Wanderfreunde:
Wer kennt die Romantischen Straße gut?
Welche Strecken sind am besten, um Asphalt zu vermeiden? die schönsten? führen zu den reizvollsten Dörfern für eine Übernachtung?
Möchte 7 Wandertage unternehmen.
Vielen Dank aus Irland! #wandern

One of his 4 or 5 greatest songs.

Drumleen Lough last evening.
Mayo.

Wild Nephin NP, Nov 2025.
No new tracks, they said.
No new structures, they said.

We hike north Mayo from 3-7 June 2026.

A brilliant idea 👏 maith thú

This is criminality.
It looks like East Berlin 1980s.
Is there a Lenin effigy in relief on the bomb shelter?
WTF is the grey material in this screengrab?

The interweb is yours today.

Why don't we care, Jude? Where are the mass protests outside streetscapes like this? BTW, where is that street?

The amazing Greco-Roman city of Empúries.

Sure. Twitter updates us on the latest score before the ref even knows...

Very good year. We have tons here in Mayo.

The roots of which grass might that be?

Bridge of Song returns from its summer recess. Castlebar's monthly godsend.