Archive for the ‘Photos’ Category

We went down to the Blue Lagoon for the solar eclipse. I had a lovely swim. The eclipse itself wasn’t very exciting, though. It did definitely get a bit darker, but without eclipse glasses it just looked like the regular sun from the quick snap I took with my camera.

The winning team at the 2025 DUHAC 24-hour run.

Venla’s 50th junior parkrun.

DUCC takes on TriLaois. My first triathlon in 20 months.

The winning relay team at Skerries triathlon.

The annual Teddy’s ice cream run.

Dublin Mountain Trail Festival.

Giant’s Causeway.

One of the many sandcastles we built on our northern coast road trip.

Westport triathlon.

Killarney national park.

Djouce summit.

Dublin Marathon 2025.

TCD graduation.

Djouce is a mountain in County Wicklow. Ireland sometimes has a generous definition of mountain, but at 725 metres high, it is starting to feeling like a proper hill. It is a 7-8k round trip that takes around two hours to complete, a lot of which is on boarded paths.

It forms part of the Wicklow Way which was created by J. B. Malone. Malone was a Leeds lad, so we’re claiming the Wicklow Way and hill-walking as a Leeds invention now.

Last week we hiked up Tibradden Cairn via Three Rock and Two Rock. It is about 10k there and back from Ticknock. Two Rock is the highest point in the Dublin Mountains at 536m, although the Dublin Mountains are part of the Wicklow mountains which go higher (they’re just the other side of the county border).

First masters race, running alongside my teammates from Blackrock AC.

Family hike up Three Rock.

Venla building a snowman.

Trip to Westport.

Around The Park, Around The Clock.

Riitta and Pauli visiting.

Trip to Bunratty Castle.

Trip to Belfast.

Gran’s birthday garden party.

Trip to Shannon.

DUCC swim session.

EcoTrail Wicklow.

Dublin Marathon.

Kim’s wedding.

Trip to Galway.

DUCC mini triathlon.

Iveagh Sports Ground junior parkrun.

Last week we did a club ride around Phoenix Park. Hugh got some amazing photos at dusk. It was more night time by the time I got there but still lovely to ride around mostly traffic-free or low-traffic roads.

A few pictures from this year’s Stepaside parade.

Have you ever seen snow before? In case you haven’t, here are some pictures.