On a wing and a prayer in West Cork

IT is 22 years since I came back to live in West Cork and 20 years since I began to write this column.

It’s been a pleasure to write, every instalment of it and, happily, it seems to have given pleasure to my readers too.

The world around me has been the inspiration and not only events in local nature but in the outdoor world wherever I go. Readers will know that reports from home have been interspersed with dispatches from far-flung places.