#ThePathlessLand

If anyone's interested in a deep dive into #TravelWriting, I'll be leading a 3-day workshop on Whiddy Island as part of West Cork Literary Festival in July. (I'll also be doing an event at the festival, an early preview of my forthcoming book, #ThePathlessLand.)
www.westcorkmusic.ie/events/2026/...

At the proof stage now. The new book - #ThePathlessLand - is inching towards tangible existence. Due out early September. (Cover art again by the brilliant Matt Johnson.)

Just a reminder - the #KeepIrelandOpen AGM is tomorrow from 11am in Tailors' Hall Dublin, open to anyone interested in protecting and improving access to the countryside in Ireland. I'll be speaking in the afternoon, a sneak preview of some of the ideas in my forthcoming book, #ThePathlessLand.

For anyone interested in improving access to the countryside in #Ireland, the #KeepIrelandOpen AGM is coming up in Dublin next month, 14 Feb - open to all interested in finding out what they do. I'll be speaking, a sneaky preview of some of the things covered in my forthcoming book #ThePathlessLand

Obligatory #CoverReveal post: I'm delighted that @headofzeus.bsky.social got the brilliant Matt Johnson to do the cover of #ThePathlessLand (after his beautiful work on #TheGraniteKingdom). Once again, I’m very happy for you to judge this one by its cover! Book is out on 27 August 2026.

And that is a wrap. Final MS of #ThePathlessLand: Finding a Way Across Ireland delivered - due out from @headofzeus.bsky.social autumn 2026...

Getting there, slowly getting there with the current book project. But at this stage the chapterless orphans always start to reveal themselves - where the hell am I going to find the right places to talk about ringforts, hares and compensation culture? #ThePathlessLand

Deep in the deskbound part of the journey, I've been revisiting some of campsites from last summer's long walk across Ireland for #ThePathlessLand project: Moylussa: somewhere deep amongst the spruce plantations of Slieve Aughty (the bleakest overnight spot of them all); Pollagh Bog; Nure Bog... 1/

That feeling when you're at 4.5K words already and you've only ticked off one of the four things you planned to cover in this chapter... Feck it - make more road! Have just added a sort of intercalary thingummy *and* an epilogue to the grand scheme... (Also: I love post-its!) #ThePathlessLand

Making progress, of sorts... #ThePathlessLand

The bulk of this journey was done back in July; but there was a 60km gap still to fill at top right, which I finally finished last week. So that's it - 678km on foot from Dunmore Head to Burr Point. Now the business of post-it notes and reference books and Word docs begins. #ThePathlessLand