Martin Mooney

Andy Kirkpatrick's *Psychovertical*

Climbing and climbers have produced some classic works of literature, poetry and philosophy. I’ve just read British climber Andy Kirkpatrick’s Psychovertical – here’s a quick review. Psychovertical b…

What Happened to my Photographs? Gortin Glen Take Two

So I posted on Saturday about a hike in Gortin Glen, County Tyrone. But posting from the mobile, using eSteem, I managed to lose the images. A few of you upvoted the post - many thanks! - but I'm pre…

The Sperrins: Gortin Glen

Today we crossed to the western part of Ulster and explored Gortin Glan forest park. I don't know the Sperrin hills well enough - hopefully change that soon.

Homeward Bound...

I liked the abstract lines here, and the unfamiliar wedge of blue sky!

Chilly for May...

Londinium!

Just over a year ago I was in London on a training course (the DSDM variant of Agile project management, and I passed the exam and got qualified, thanks for asking!) But the missus and I took some ti…

Derry's Walls - Climbing Wall Review

In my (re)Introducing Myself article I mentioned that I’d taken up climbing. So far, that’s mostly been indoors, and until now on one wall, that at Belfast’s Ozone leisure centre. But last Saturday a…

Springtime Recipe: Wild Garlic Pesto

With fine weather over Easter, it was time to set the vegetable patch up for spring. In the midst of weeding, I noticed that the wild garlic had escaped onto the gravel around the beds – only one thi…

Fairground: a Photo-poem

The funfair’s in town... There’s a strange nostalgia, almost a magic about a funfair. It speaks of an older world and, if you’ve read your Ray Bradbury or your Stephen King, of a world of odd, even u…

(Re)Introducing Myself

So, like I said last week, it’s been more than a year since I blogged with any regularity on Steemit. And it’s almost three years since I joined the site – hard to believe. I’ve just glanced at my or…