Seal pup rescued

The Rescue Team of Pinnipeds is happy to announce that we have successfully rescued Bob, an underweight grey seal pup with a very green snotty nose ( well, get out of his way when he's sneezing!!!) from Shankill beach. Bob is recovering at the Seal Sanctuary: eating lots of fish to put on weight, sleeping a lot and getting flu medication :-) Watch this space for release information in 2008.

The blog is dead...long live the blog!

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One Hundred Aspects of the Moon

The blog is not dead - Lunatics Arise! Here's something to interest ye: Chester Beatty Library – One Hundred Aspects of the Moon

Seal eating conger eel

Spotted by a morning dipper - a seal struggling to kill and eat an enormous conger eel, with birds wheeling overhead for scraps.

Dead seal at White Rock

According to our roving reporter, a dead seal was found on the beach at White Rock. This fact was relayed via our communications network to the Pinniped Rescue Team which, after an investigation, discovered that the seal had been shot.

Dangerous place, that Dalkey Island!

Myself & Judge will be wearing bullet proof vests on our next paddle to the Island, after reading the following recent newspaper article:

The Times, July 30 1828.

It's reassuring to know not only that the price of oak bark is soaring, but more importantly, that the Island is now fortified against those Normans:



The Times June 10 1805

The Moon and Venus

 If you get up early enough, or go to bed late enough, and the Irish weather isn't misbehaving, the Moon and Venus are spectacular.