Tag: mototouring
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On the Táin
On the Táin | Intro and Transcript – Originally Published: Sligo, November 2022 It’s a story I grew up knowing. I can’t be sure when I was first told it, but I can’t remember not knowing I was named after a great Celtic warrior, a fact on which I do remember incessantly informing all the other
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El Desierto de Tabernas – the Desert of Legends
El Desierto de Tabernas – the Desert of Legends – Originally Published: Cordoba, May 2022 “No Arab loves the desert. We love water and green trees”. Face to face now. Goat-meat and ripe figs upon his breath. Gentle warmth off his dark, neatly bearded face, cool light in his searching blue eyes. They search the soul.
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South South West
South South West: Marseille to Cordoba – Originally Published: Cordoba, July 2021 Last sunset in Marseille Maybe it’s because I’m Irish. Cold winters, wet summers, the occasional sighting of a pale, watery, semi-mythical sun between brief breaks in the relentless drizzle. Two dry weeks in July – that was a lovely summer, wasn’t it? Or maybe
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Route des Grandes Alpes
Route des Grandes Alpes… kinda – Originally Published Marseille, June 2021 So here I am. Starting to dry out now after the downpour, changing into t-shirt three of the day. I’m sitting side saddle on the bike eating some nuts. Two marmots are looking at me, motionless except for their whiskers, what might be bewilderment on