It was time for anther photography road trip with my wingmen Diarmuid & Patrick, and .for this one we were about to head back up to the north of the Island, but stead of grabbing a ferry were going to stay on the land and explore the top of Ireland and all among the causeway coast.We had a number of locations in mind and had some unfinished business of our own for two of them after being beaten back by driving rain during a horrendous storm when. we had tried to fist visit many years back

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When a moment occurs and you wished you had your camera is when you think I wish I had brought it with me. for me I have my camera with me most of the time and it allows me to catch fleeting moments or opportunities if they occur near where I am at a particular time Today was one such occasion while working in Tralee it was close to sunset and looked like it could all kick off, and kick off it did.

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We start this edition of the blog at the end of Day 4 as we had reached the stunning location of Elgol, the quite hamlet sits on a glacial loch and is surrounded by the most incredible mountain ranges off in the distance, I had only seen a handful of images of here before and one of those being Diarmuids, so I had little expectations other then wild waves and finally I would get to take some seascape shots, but seascape with a difference. Normally my horizon is clear with the odd ship sitting of crossing in my path, this location promised peaks to die for and the clouds that were building looked like they were going to be dare I say EPIC

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As we started into day 4 of our adventure, spirits were high and we woke at 5am to prepare for the hike up towards the stunning Old Man of Stor, which was still being covered by flowing clouds just like the evening before, now Diarmuid had warned me that it was quite a considerable hike and not to under estimate it, so with this in mind I was up and ready before both of them and headed off in earnest towards the destination, with the words of advice from Diarmuid ringing around in my head, “when you get to the fork in the path, turn left “

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Day three started in the same way as day two had begun, we had arrived at our destination of choice Neist Point at Sunset the night before and after another night of great food, company and a couple of drinks we were treated to an unmerciful wind that at times felt like it was going to knock us over the edge, thankfully it didn’t however when we we we even found it hard to open the van doors, the wind what that powerful.

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August 2022 saw myself, Diarmuid & Patrick head off on an international trip the stunning Isle of Skye, we spent 5 days in total and it was a trip of EPIC proportions. You can also watch all of my episodes from my 2022 Scotland Photography Roadtrip on my Youtube Channel

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Packing your bag for a one day adventure is one thing, however packing your bag for a multiple day adventure is something totally different and comes with many new considerations. 2022 was my year of road trips, making three in total with my wingman Diarmuid O Donovan, and in this Blog I will share some of my highlights, insights and learnings that each one gave me !

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