The Elation Of Seeing Baby Birds Growing Up

https://imgur.com/l30sskQ Stop trying not be elated! 2024 has been a complicated year for me. For my own personal development, for making new wonderful friends, for having some of the most amazing experiences of my life, it's probably the best year of my life. But, looking at the state of the world this year, I've also … Continue reading The Elation Of Seeing Baby Birds Growing Up

Bode’s Galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy, Two For The Price Of One

9th July 2018 These two galaxies had a level of courtesy rarely seen these days in that they are very close together, so you can see both of them at the same time through a telescope. I remember in 2015, the year I bought my first telescope, seeing my first ever galaxy, the Andromeda galaxy. … Continue reading Bode’s Galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy, Two For The Price Of One

The Twentieth Cycle to the Nagle Mountains

I’ve been cycling to the Nagle Mountains since the year 2014. And I found this mountain range by sheer chance. One day I was just looking around places to the north of Cork city on Google Maps, and to my surprise there was a mountain range there, that I had never heard of, and that … Continue reading The Twentieth Cycle to the Nagle Mountains