Tag: Wicklow Mountains

The mountains are calling! (I’d better take that…)

July 22, 2026

The mountains are calling, and I must go…John Muir, Scottish naturalist and mountaineer, 1838-1914 I hope John will forgive me for my impertinence. But that’s just the way my addled brain works. Gary Larson’s brain does similar things, without doubt, though he has found a far more successful outlet for his fantastically absurdist and hilarious … More The mountains are calling! (I’d better take that…)

Decimated

September 1, 2025

IN WHICH GARY AND I HAD PLANNED TO DO A LONG OLD RUN AND HIKE AROUND LEITRIM, AND THE IRISH WEATHER SAID ‘HOLD MY BEER…’ Sunday was the last day of Summer, according to the met folk. And in fairness to them, they had also accurately predicted the weekend’s weather. Gary and I had hatched … More Decimated