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A short hike around part of the Benwee loop walk beside Portacloy, North Mayo, to shoot the stags of Broadhaven and visit Look out Post number 63

A bout of COVID, among other things, has kept me from hiking until now. I trekked to Corranabinnia's south-west summit, which is just under 700 meters high. This trip could be considered the second part of the Glendahurk loop walk.

A nice hike on the Farbreiga near Pontoon sees me climbing about 400 meters to the mountain's summit and ascending a slew of other smaller hills in the locality.

Part 1 of the Glendahurk Horseshoe trek sees me overnight on Bengorm to capture a sunset, sunrise and some astrophotography of the Milkyway.

A short trek into the Maumturks on Mothers Day to visit the secluded Chapel at Mámean in Connemara.

A short hike to the Nephin Begs to see if the snowy mountains could deliver a good photograph and also to do a short reconnaissance for a bigger hike planned for later in the year.

An early start to capture a winter sunrise at Keem Bay in Achill, followed by a journey to Ireland's fourth longest lake name, (with 22 letters), Loughaunfiddaunbuntack between Corraun hill and Cartron Coilte Forest near Mullranny.

A Sunday trek across the Partry mountains to get an unrivaled view of Lough Glenawough seemed like a good idea at the time until I realized I'd have to trudge all the way back again through the bog. However, on the way back, a lucky find caps off a fantastic day.

Since the coming of Autumn, I have spent some time in the local woods photographing the flora in the form of the different types of wild mushrooms and fungi which can be found there and are abundant this time of year.

Nothing like a good walk in the hills will do to get over the recent loss for Mayo of yet another GAA Championship final.

A few moody shots taken in the Erriff Woods near Leenaun during the recent heat wave.