An ancient-looking church on the road between Dublin and Cork. My mode of transport being the bicycle, stopping to explore was always easy.

In county Sligo a farmer makes good use of an old Renault 4 for his chickens.

At Giants' Causeway in County Antrim, legends abound about the creation of these artifical looking stones.

A donkey comes to investigate along a lonely track on the tiny island of Inishboffin, off the coast of Connemara.

 

In a Connemara field peat lies neatly stacked near to where it was cut. Used as fuel for stoves, peat was occurs rarely in nature. Most Irish peat was formed when prehistoric man cut down forests and burnt the wood, in the process making the soil impermeable and become saturated with water.

 

The Wicklow Mountains south of Dublin, near to the village of Glendalough.
Dusk on the island of Inishboffin, and the traffic is heavy.
The island of Skellig Michael, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Kerry. Inhabited from the 8th century by monks who battled against the weather, and the lack of soil for growing by making their own from seaweed and sand.
Inch Strand, on the Dingle Peninsula, almost fuses sky to earth with its glassy reflection.
On the island of Aran More, walls are made from the plentiful flat grey stone without any cement.
England's Lake District, in early spring.
Petticoat Lane market in London.

 

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