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Grand Canal east of Tullamore Grand Canal west of Tullamore The Grand Canal  connects Dublin with the River Shannon. We were stay...

Saturday, work on the new boiler is drawing to a close, so after lunch I ran along the lake shore and had a quick dip - the water is noticea...

They call it "tempting fate". Having told the world how to care for one's bare feet, a week later and I have several bad crack...

Today I cycled to via Annamoe to Wicklow town, then to Brittas Bay, then back via Rathdrum. Total distance 71.5 miles, maximum speed 41.9 mp...

I think I mentioned before that I go running barefoot. Initially I carried trainers with me for use on on difficult surfaces. I never take t...

Armed with a miscellany of test equipment I have been doing a  periodic inspection  of the wiring in a large house for insurance purposes. T...

We have prophecy in our church. Prophecy is when someone speaks out in public what they believe God has given them to say. It is usually for...

Bike ride 44 miles, max 30.5 mph, avg 12.4 mph, destination  Donadea forest park  via Naas, Clane and Prosperous.  In Naas I followed the Gr...

Recently I was involved in the design of a range of  PCM 's for lithium batteries of capacity up to 200Ah. Testing such a PCM involves d...

Cleevaun lough, Co Wicklow Having bought a lightweight sleeping bag I thought I would try an overnight lone camp. Ali deposited me at ...

Christopher Robin saying his prayers I liked  Adam Clark on Psalm 88  verse 2 "Let my prayer come before thee". Judging by wh...

To be interesting enough to attract visitors I suppose a blog needs frequent maintenance. I feel like I am cheating, by not posting more oft...

Lost mines of Co. Wicklow ? The provocative  The lost mines, Co. Wicklow  started me searching maps of the area again, only to find tha...

Courtesy  epa Have just found this map  here  which identifies my "adit #2" as "8 Luganure Adit" and indicates that ...

Having, in my last post, discovered an  adit  into the Glendalough / Glendasan lead mining complex I feel an urge to find more of the same, ...