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It's been a while since I posted any photos - so much has been going on in the world that it just didn't somehow feel ri...
18/07/2026

It's been a while since I posted any photos - so much has been going on in the world that it just didn't somehow feel right. However, no matter how much has been and is still happening, I have still kept on taking photos - a means of escape and perspective when focusing in on something close to hand when it feels somewhat helpless in the grand scheme of things.

I will remain active in posting bigger picture problems as stories but decided to try to re engage in sharing those smaller moments from my own perspective as I go about things in my own day to day life - a luxury I have that many others don't.

Having come back to my page to post, I also note that the majority of my previous posts have disappeared - not sure if this is a glitch or gremlin or somehow related to my story posts but either way I'll start to refill my page with posts that have helped me to escape the madness and will hopefully resonate with you.

Today marks the bicentennial of the death of General Joseph Holt — soldier, insurgent, exile, survivor, and one of the l...
16/05/2026

Today marks the bicentennial of the death of General Joseph Holt — soldier, insurgent, exile, survivor, and one of the last great commanding figures of the 1798 Rebellion in Ireland.

Born in 1756 in the hills of Wicklow, Holt rose from tenant farmer to General in the United Irish movement, leading resistance across the Wicklow Mountains after the collapse of the rebellion. Pursued relentlessly by Crown forces, whilst waging guerilla warfare against the British, he was wounded, betrayed in a breach of treaty, imprisoned, and ultimately transported to New South Wales. He endured hardships that would have broken most men - yet even in exile, Holt remained unbowed.

His life bridged two nations and two histories — Ireland’s struggle for liberty and the harsh realities of early colonial Australia. Though his memoirs were edited to suit ulterior motives by Thomas Crofton Croker of the British Admiralty, the work of Peter O'Shaughnessy, Ruan O'Donnell and others helped to publish the true words of one of the few surviving first-hand accounts from a rebel commander of 1798, and through it, Holt ensured that his true story, at pivotal moments in both Irish and Australian history.

Two hundred years after his death, we remember not merely the rebel, but the man: courageous, complex, fiercely loyal to his people, and determined that the truth of his time would survive.

May his story continue to inspire future generations to value freedom, resilience, and the enduring power of memory.

1798 — 1826
200 Years Remembered.

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2025 - new horizons await. Sometimes they'll be clear and sometimes they'll be cloudy, but the new year brings new and d...
06/01/2025

2025 - new horizons await. Sometimes they'll be clear and sometimes they'll be cloudy, but the new year brings new and different perspectives - it's not what you're looking at but how you're looking at it.

Happy New Year - whatever horizon you're looking at, I hope you can enjoy the view x

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Time for reflection and rebirth, as shorter days give way to shorter nights... ...
21/12/2024

Time for reflection and rebirth, as shorter days give way to shorter nights...

Birthday weekend walk in Glendalough brings new experiences, new sights, new friends 🍀 🇮🇪 ...
03/11/2024

Birthday weekend walk in Glendalough brings new experiences, new sights, new friends

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Yeaaah I know, I know, Aurora pics are the new "it's snowing!" or "look at my big boy/girl off to school" pics, but so w...
11/05/2024

Yeaaah I know, I know, Aurora pics are the new "it's snowing!" or "look at my big boy/girl off to school" pics, but so what, it was a special event to capture especially considering usually celestial happenings in Ireland are covered by cloud!

As we leave the village of viaducts, Redondela slowly disappears behind us as we begin to climb our way up again as we c...
21/04/2024

As we leave the village of viaducts, Redondela slowly disappears behind us as we begin to climb our way up again as we continue along the Louro valley. The ascent is steeper at times as we proceed to the village of Arcade, where we cross a Romanesque bridge spanning the quaint and quiet harbour town, which is where Napoleon was defeated by the Spanish during the War of Independence.

Its narrow, winding streets test our legs as we again climb our way up and out of Arcade and continue onwards and upwards over Alto da Canicouva before (thankfully) descending once again into Santa Marta with its quaint early 17th century chapel, providing sanctuary from the heat of the high early afternoon sun.

We leave the tarmac for a cool and refreshing walk along a forest path meandering alongside a river in the Tolmeza and Solcedo valley, in stark contrast when we stumble out of the tranquility into the hustle and bustle of Pontevedra, which starts to reveal its inner beauty with one of the best preserved medieval centres in Galicia. We head through the narrow streets before reaching the 13th Century church of Santa Maria and the Capela da Peregrina which although it appears round is actually in the shape of a scallop, symbolic of the Camino.

A quick rest and refresh before we explore the city further in the cool evening light and then hit the sack before hitting the road in the morning towards out next stop, Caldas de Reis.

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With the more industrial landscape of O Porrino behind us, the terrain becomes easier as it makes way to rolling farmlan...
18/04/2024

With the more industrial landscape of O Porrino behind us, the terrain becomes easier as it makes way to rolling farmlands as we cross the Louro valley. Verdant fields give way to forests as we climb up towards the chapel of Santiaguino de Antas to find ourselves soon surrounded by pine trees in an expanse of woodlands which provides respite as a cool haven of shade as the sun beats down as it rises high above us.

We briefly follow a Roman military road where the Camino starts its decent through hamlets and townlands down towards Redondela - known as the "village of viaducts" due to the two 19th Centrury railroad viaducts spanning the town.

Rest and refuel in Redondela for the night and onwards early in the morning to the village of Arcade and then Pontevedra - we will update again tomorrow on our progress steadily northwards.

Buenas Noches,
Jonathan and Marion xx

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