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    The Orient Unexpress: Venice
    Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
    • Apr 15, 2021
    • 7 min

    The Orient Unexpress: Venice

    Venice is every bit as beautiful as I expected, but I chose to try and avoid crowded hotspots as much as possible.
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    Atay Maghrebi: On The Night Train
    Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
    • Apr 6, 2021
    • 8 min

    Atay Maghrebi: On The Night Train

    Taking a trip on the sleeper train from Tangier to Marrakech in Morocco. The best way to travel (and sleep) is by rail it would seem.
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    'Ness' by Robert Macfarlane and Stanley Donwood
    Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
    • Feb 24, 2021
    • 2 min

    'Ness' by Robert Macfarlane and Stanley Donwood

    Ness is a book by Robert Macfarlane and Stanley Donwood. It is a piece of prose-poetry, illustrated by imagery of decaying military ephemera
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    The Orient Unexpress: Milan to Mestre
    Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
    • Oct 14, 2020
    • 7 min

    The Orient Unexpress: Milan to Mestre

    Arriving after dark for a brief stopover in Milan and being a little unimpressed, not least with my own apathy.
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    The Orient Unexpress: Marseille to Milan
    Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
    • Apr 11, 2020
    • 7 min

    The Orient Unexpress: Marseille to Milan

    After a late night, I head to Plage des Catalans, before jumping on the train from Marseille to Milan, via the coastline.
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    The Orient Unexpress: Marseille
    Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
    • Jan 18, 2020
    • 7 min

    The Orient Unexpress: Marseille

    I needed an idea for a holiday. So I went east from Marseille to Istanbul by train. Here I meet a friend in Marseille, starting my travels.
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    ‘Edgelands: Journeys into England’s True Wilderness’ by Paul Farley and Michael Symmons
    Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
    • Jan 2, 2020
    • 3 min

    ‘Edgelands: Journeys into England’s True Wilderness’ by Paul Farley and Michael Symmons

    ‘Edgelands’ by Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts attempts to look into those gaps between the urban landscape and the countryside.
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    #Microadventure: Wild Camping in the Chilterns
    Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
    • Sep 15, 2019
    • 6 min

    #Microadventure: Wild Camping in the Chilterns

    There comes a time when you actually have to stop talking and actually do something. Take action. Make a move. This was one of them.
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    ‘My Midsummer Morning’ by Alastair Humphreys
    Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
    • Jul 28, 2019
    • 3 min

    ‘My Midsummer Morning’ by Alastair Humphreys

    In theory, the concept is simple: a man reads a book about another man who decided to busk his way across Spain, wants to emulate it and...
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    Marrakech Essentials
    Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
    • Jul 19, 2019
    • 5 min

    Marrakech Essentials

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    Loch Ness, Scotland
    Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
    • Mar 20, 2019
    • 1 min

    Loch Ness, Scotland

    Following a trip to Ireland last February, I decided that maybe it was time that I headed north to Scotland. The maternal side of my...
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    Atay Maghrebi: Climbing the Cascades in Ourika Valley
    Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
    • Mar 5, 2019
    • 6 min

    Atay Maghrebi: Climbing the Cascades in Ourika Valley

    Sometimes, the measure of a good summer is when one day rolls benignly into the other. When you're content with your surroundings and the...
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    #Microadventure: Swimming in English Channel in January
    Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
    • Feb 5, 2019
    • 2 min

    #Microadventure: Swimming in English Channel in January

    Wild swimming in the English Channel in January is probably at the slightly more absurd end of the Microadventure spectrum.
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    Atay Maghrebi: A House Guest in Targa
    Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
    • Feb 1, 2019
    • 5 min

    Atay Maghrebi: A House Guest in Targa

    Having done this trip twice previously, you would think I was used to it; dragging myself to the downstairs lobby of a concrete tower...
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    ‘Wild Nights: Camping Britain's Extremes’ by Phoebe Smith
    Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
    • Dec 2, 2018
    • 2 min

    ‘Wild Nights: Camping Britain's Extremes’ by Phoebe Smith

    It’s been nearly two years that I’ve been talking about my desire to go wild camping. So far I’ve bored my parents intermittently and...
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    Iconic Places: Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
    Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
    • Oct 26, 2018
    • 7 min

    Iconic Places: Cliffs of Moher, Ireland

    On the train to Galway, I had the suspicion that something was going on. I had been talking about almost every topic under the sun with...
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    Sultanahmet Camii, Istanbul
    Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
    • Sep 18, 2018
    • 1 min

    Sultanahmet Camii, Istanbul

    After recovering from sleep deprivation caused by late night plane transfers and early arrivals, I walked up the winding Alemdar Caddesi...
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    Atay Maghrebi: The Slow Train to Tangier
    Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
    • Sep 6, 2018
    • 7 min

    Atay Maghrebi: The Slow Train to Tangier

    Marrakech station is an architecturally magnificent mixture of older Moroccan motifs combined with modern palatial glass windows. It...
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    Galata Kulesi, Istanbul
    Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
    • Aug 31, 2018
    • 1 min

    Galata Kulesi, Istanbul

    The day after arriving in Istanbul, on a visit in early April, I had done what I often do when travelling, let my feet discover the city...
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    Grenfell Tower One Year On: the black and sodium hours
    Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
    • Jun 14, 2018
    • 2 min

    Grenfell Tower One Year On: the black and sodium hours

    Awake to watercolour-clear morning, broad-brushed by faded amber conflagration seen from the kitchen window. But through the lost, the...
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