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Resolution

Just back from first outing on a slightly delayed New Year resolution to go for "power" walk every few days. I did over my goal of 5,000 steps, striding (powerfully) along the road from Rosslare to Kilrane and back. I shall now reward myself with a fry-up.

Cliff Erosion at Rosslare

There's been a lull in the storms this morning, so my wife and I went for a walk along the cliffs at Rosslare Harbour. We had to watch our step as the storms have caused a lot of the cliff edge to erode. I took a few pics, one below and some others in a Facebook album that you can view by clicking this link ... you know, in case you're interested in that kind of thing.

Howling in the Spider Hole

Here's a view through my current personal nemesis, the howling hole - as mentioned on my last podcast. You can see I found a new friend inside. I can't imagine he catches too many flies, but something must be keeping him plump. Maybe he lives on mould spores. Lovely.

Happy New Year 2

Happy New Year again! The final episode of HP Lovecraft's The Thing on the Doorstep is now live in my public podcast feed. Should be in iTunes etc later today. If you can't wait, here's a player link: 





And if you want to hear the hole thing, uninterrupted, here it is on Youtube Any likes or shares of the video would be very appreciated) :-)

Happy New Year!

Just a quick one to say, Happy New Year, Listeners! May you have a wonderful, healthy and happy 2016!
As for me, right now I'd settle for a few days of dry, wind-less weather. Here in Wexford we've had another storm - the 6th since November. In fact, since we've been here, the weather has done very little but storm. Many towns have been badly affected, but where we are is still (thankfully) above

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! We're having a decidedly wet one here. It's p*ssing down outside. While inside, I'm writing this and listening to Perry Como singing, Winter Wonderland. Still, we're off to the in-laws for Christmas dinner and festivities, so we can forget the lashing rain and have a good old merry one.






I've got a few new podcasts out for the festive season. In my public feed, you'll find

A Lull

We've had almost non-stop wind and rain here for the last month or so. But today we had a lull, so P and I went for a walk out to Saint Helen's Bay. Here's me enjoying not being battered by storms. "Make the most of it," I'm thinking, "because there's an absolute deluge coming in tomorrow." 

The Thing on the Doorstep Concludes at Patreon

H.P. Lovecraft's The Thing on the Doorstep has just concluded at Patreon, with a bonus for $5+ patrons - the whole story on one MP3 ... which is nice ... in a cyclopean, eldritch, foetid, accursed kind of way. 

Get over to Patreon and sign up now, or risk a noisome effulgence of gibbering insanity! 






And speaking of Patreon, I got an email (maybe you did, too) telling me about how the

The Thing on the Doorstep 02

Just released into my public feed - H.P. Lovecraft's, The Thing on the Doorstep Part 2. Also features a news bulletin that gives the thrilling(!?!) details of my move back to Ireland. Hot dog!






Direct download here.

We Have Moved.

Moving update! We have successfully moved house / country and are now residing in South Wexford, Ireland. The move was pretty frantic; after months of waiting, the deal went through and we had just a week to get packed up and out. On the day, two small trucks came took all our stuff, and then we had to jump on a train and whizz up to Gatwick Airport and fly over to Dublin that same night in order