storm over Sligo

Perfect Storm

Perfect Storm This just encapsulated everything that I adored about living in the North West of Ireland. The Crowded House song “Four Seasons in one day” would constantly be playing in my head while living there. I really dislike cloudless skies, the clouds for me make a landscape image. So, the weather up there was…

irish sheep benbulben forest walk

King of the North

King of the North Alice, Ana and myself went out with the cameras around the Ben Bulben Horseshoe path. We were walking up the small twisting road when some sheep appeared high on a ridge on right. All but one of the sheep ran away as we approached except…  This one. He calmly walked to…

flock of birds over the atlantic in sligo

“O”

“O” I love this image so much. As you can imagine, it was taken in a moment of reflex, no time to prepare, just do it. The main thing that happened was it quickly became associated with a song I liked, and now, they are one… So the song is “O”, it is from the…

Wave in Maugherow, Ireland

The Wave

The Wave I could write a novel about the waves on this particular day. In all of my travels, I had never seen waves take this form before. Best thing of all… This location was four kilometres from my house in Magherow, simply mesmerising. I remember it was around Easter time, I was living in…

Ben Bulben Tree

B Ben Bulben, Tree I spotted this wind blown tree on a dog walk with a friend. We went to a walk at the base of Ben Bulban, Sligo. I could not stop looking at this tree, the symmetry with the triangle shaped field in the background just spoke to me… I stopped and viewed…

Ben Bulben from Maugherow

Ben Bulben, Maugherow This beautiful spot was fifteen minutes from my home in Maugherow, North West Ireland. What you see is the Ben Bulban mountain range. From left to right you also see the extreme weather changes that would occur. Ben Bulben, Maugherow It was so easy to be in Maugherow. This beach shot was…