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01/08/2024

Last weekend's visit to the island

There was plenty of coming and going as two of the lads were on a mission to explore one of the other islands. This required plenty of strategising with the tide.

01/08/2024

Early July visit to the island.

Another great trip, nice to just enjoy being there working on little projects rather than worrying about making progress on the roof. Has to be done at some point though…

01/08/2024

The June Newsletter

https://threerockbooks.com/june-2024-newsletter/

01/08/2024

Details of all the mobile saunas along the Wild Atlantic Way

It’s probably not surprise that with the recent covid-driven surge in popularity of sea swimming and the temperature of our seas that saunas have started to pop up near the popular swimming spots.

01/08/2024

Unfortunately, this excellent route never made it into the second edition of Cycling in Ireland. My plan had been to include a significant number of gravel routes, however, shortly before I went to print I got cold feet and removed a number of them. The routes I removed crossed Coillte land and as, technically speaking cycling isn’t permitted on the Coillte estate outside designated areas, I was worried that there might be an issue with their inclusion.

Unfortunately, this excellent route never made it into the second edition of Cycling in Ireland. My plan had been to include a significant number of gravel routes, however, shortly before I went to print I got cold feet and removed a number of them. The routes I removed crossed Coillte land and as,....

01/08/2024

The April Newsletter

Thanks to everyone who signed up to the newsletter, I really appreciate the support which is so vital for a small business like mine.

01/08/2024

Post about my island trip in late May

Great to be back for a second time in May, only 3 weeks after my last visit. The weather and school holidays aligned so we decided to head over again. It was lovely to be back so soon, arriving with house and garden in pretty good order. With roofing not an option as it’s just me and the boy, we w...

13/05/2024

Short blog post about the Northern Lights.

01/05/2024

The May special offer is available now.

Order a copy of Exploring Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way and
get a free Wild Atlantic Map worth €20!

https://threerockbooks.com/product/exploring-irelands-wild-atlantic-way/

16/04/2024

Just posted the March Newsletter on the blog, Hopefully, you might find it of interest, if you do consider subscribing to the newsletter and you will get a 20% discount!

https://threerockbooks.com/march-2024-newsletter/

22/03/2024

This new review posted on Amazon UK sums up Exploring Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way pretty well I think.

If you have a copy and find it useful I would really appreciate it if you posted up a social media or reviewed it on Amazon.

In the last few months several similar books have appeared, and the ones I have seen are a load of sh*te, so spreading the word will help people make a good choice.

Exploring Ireland's WAW is

- Produced and printed in Ireland
- Richard and I have spent a lifetime exploring Ireland
- The original WAW guide and it is updated regularly
- No AI used!

14/03/2024

Pride of Gola, S 4a, on Gola Island in Donegal. A beautiful climb that is stacked with massive holds for its entire 20m height. This shot was taken by Michael O'Dwyer and features in 'Rock Climbing in Ireland'.

14/03/2024

Dave Ayton on Air Time E5 6a in Póirse Gully in the Gap of Dunloe, Kerry. Possibly Ireland's most underrated climbing area. The rock is absolutely immaculate, beautiful clean sandstone with great friction and plenty of holds and generally good gear as well. This shot is from 2014 during one of the Gap climbing meets.

14/03/2024

Kevin Kilroy on the second pitch of Sarcophagus in Glendalough, Wicklow. This HVS is a classic three-pitch route which tackles a series of beautiful corners on the right-hand side of the Main Face.⁣
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14/03/2024

For the next few days I will be sharing some photos from Cycling in Ireland. This first post show the view that was on the front cover of the first edition. Before I even got there I knew that I was going to use that view for the cover. The first photo was taken when I was out doing the cycle, the light wasn't great, but I knew that the composition would work so the next day I came back and got the shot that I used on the cover.

I have a big print of it on my kitchen wall and I'm really happy with it. Love that there I so much going on in it. The only thing I'd change is the way the outcrop cuts across the road a little in foreground.

14/03/2024

Descending the Skelp, a rocky pass over the Eastern shoulder of Croagh Patrick in County Mayo. This very rough track forms the highpoint of a 16km gravel route that does a circuit around Owenwee Bog following a series of bog tracks, boreens and mountain tracks.

13/03/2024

I just wrote a long blog post about the highest cliff in Ireland, a bit of a contentious topic in some parts!

Sliabh Liag from Bunglass. Photo by Brian Kelly on Unsplash Ireland’s Highest Cliff? Scrolling through my Facebook feed a while ago I noticed a post on a Wild Atlantic Way group discussing Ireland’s highest cliff. The poster was making the case for Sliabh Liag in County Donegal over Croaghaun on...

06/03/2024

Every day for the rest of the month I'm going to share one of my favourite images from my guidebooks and give a bit of background to the photo.

23/02/2024

I just posted on the blog a long article about the current restrictions on gravel cycling in the Republic. It might be of interest to any cyclists out there.
Thanks
Dave

All across the world gravel is growing at a vast rate, with new races and routes appearing constantly, yet here, on our wonderful little island, we are going backwards. This post discusses the absolute state of gravel cycling in Ireland.

26/01/2024

Thanks to sportive.com for the nice review of Cycling in Ireland.

https://www.sportive.com/cycling-reviews/543556/review-cycling-in-ireland-a-guide-to-the-best-of-irish-cycling

23/01/2024

40 Shades of Green.

(Made this using Maperitive and Adobe Illustrator, using the OSM dataset of civil parishes)

18/01/2024

Wrote a blog post about my trip to the island last weekend.

Usually, the first visit of the year to the island is in February or March, however, the storms in December hadn’t been kind to the tarp that was covering the middle section of the roof and the roof needed attention. The fear was that, with a large portion of the south side of the roof exposed, a ...

08/01/2024

Another lovely review of Exploring Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way on Amazon UK.

If you have a copy of the book and enjoyed it I would really appreciate a review of a post on your social media. It would be a great help to this small Irish business.
Thanks
Dave

05/12/2023

I'm running this special offer for the rest of the month. Order a copy of Exploring Ireland - a guide to the Irish outdoors and get a FREE copy of the Adventure Map of Ireland worth €15!

https://threerockbooks.com/product/exploring-ireland/

29/11/2023

The History Map of Ireland arrived yesterday. I'm really pleased with how it turned out. You can pick up your copy here https://threerockbooks.com/product/the-history-map-of-ireland/

27/10/2023

I have spent the last few weeks working on this history map of Ireland. Am putting the finishing touches on it now and it should be ready for order in about 3 weeks, just in time for Christmas.

It will be A0, the same size as the Adventure Map of Ireland, and includes well over a thousand points of historical interest.

19/10/2023

Have a special offer running until the end of this month. Buy a copy of Exploring Ireland and get a free Adventure Map of Ireland worth €15 plus free shipping to the island of Ireland.

Available from https://threerockbooks.com/product/exploring-ireland/

11/07/2023

Just posted the latest post in a series of 32 offering some ideas for a weekend in County Fermanagh. Read it on http://threerockbooks.com/blog

26/05/2023

Just posted the 9th post in a series of 32 offering some ideas for a weekend in County Dublin. Read it on http://threerockbooks.com/blog

19/05/2023