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"You're mad going there in November" That is what I was told by a few people when I mentioned that I was headed to The Lofoten Islands, Norway in the middle of November. It gets too much rain, its too windy, the light is bad... the list goes on. We had none of the above, We had epic light, amazing clear skies and even better aurora displays!!! We arrived at our accommodation in Hamnoy, Lofoten late at night after a long day of travelling and we just hit the hay right away. I must admit I found it hard to sleep due to a mix of over tiredness and excitement at what the next week had in store for us. Skip to the next morning when we woke... I raced outside to check out the views from the cabin and to say I was blown away would be an understatement.  (Below is a shot which was taken literally a 2 minute walk from our cabin at sunrise) Hamnøy Village The accommodation we stayed in on our tour was down here in this fishing village of Hamnoy in one of these

Hey Folks,  Its been a while since my last Blog so apologies for that, thankfully its been a busy couple of months. Hopefully get back on track with these Blogs. Also some pretty exciting news on the way in the next month or to so keep an eye out on my Facebook page for that. The unplanned trip... They say the best times are the times that aren't planned... Well Thursday the 31st of August I defiantly found evidence of that. After a long day I toyed with the idea to head shooting  Astro at Glendalough Upper Lake in Co.Wicklow. I gave my good pal Colm Keating (Colm Keating Photography) on FB a call and he didn't have to think twice about coming to shoot the stars. We decided to try make it for sunset, I didn't quite make it but Colm did and got some crackers. As the sky darkened we went to the Glendalough Hotel for some grub. After we finished eating the sky was dark enough to get shooting, albeit with a bit of a moon to mess around with. The moon

The last few months I've been trying to think of different was of creating adventure and exploring new ground and just generally doing something new. After a recent great spell of weather I got out my trusty inflatable kayak... or so I thought. A quick paddle down the canal and the word trusty wasn't so trusting after all... holes holes and more holes, quickly followed by a wet bum! Knowing the good spell of weather was here to stay I really wanted a kayak that actually floated so out with the phone and on to the DoneDeal app I went, BOOM after only an hour searching I came across a nice little one only 10 minutes from my house. A quick exchange of a few 50's and it wasn't long until I was floating down the canal with the pup by my side happy as Larry. Given that the canal is only 2 minutes from my home its always an easy place to come to and just chill out enjoying the nature around, listening to the birds and watching the hundreds of fish swim freely b

Hello folks and welcome to my latest blog, This blog is all about our brand new website https://www.bglandscapetours.ie   and some of its super cool features to make it even easier for you to not only book a tour but do it in a way thats convenient to you, the client. The photo at the top of the page is the home page to the website   and is designed to be both simple and effective (CLICK ANY OF THE PICTURES TO ENLARGE THEM). As you can see from the photo above its pretty straight forward and you should be able to browse it effortlessly. I will however go through the site step by step to show you how it works and how booking a tour or photography workshop has never been easier... Still reading?? Well follow me. About: Pretty simple really. This section is a straight forward introduction from myself with info about myself, why I love landscape photography and sightseeing around Ireland and as much of the world as possible. Alongside me in the little photo ins

The 4th of May 2017... The time I had been waiting for, for years I've longed to visit Switzerland and especially this mountain above, The Matterhorn. Well before I even thought about starting photography I have longed to see this mountain up close and personal. Although unpredictable and dangerous at the best of times, it just oozes class and beauty. We left for Dublin airport at 4am to catch our flight to Basel, a quick 2 hour flight was followed by 3 train journeys (sounds horrible but they broke up the time nicely). When we arrived at Zermatt we were amazed by its beauty, it was mild but had really low cloud so there wasn't a mountain to be seen. I hadn't really got any idea where exactly the Matterhorn was in terms of viewing it from Zermatt town but I knew it was somewhere behind those clouds. We hadn't really got an idea what to expect from Zermatt, it was a smallish town with charm, beauty and majestic mountains and the town itself sits over 1,600m a

ISLE OF SKYE TOURS 2017 So 5 tours to the Isle of Skye done this year and one to go, but sadly have to wait till September for that. I thought i'd do a quick summary on how the first 5 trips went, all the same trips but all so different. We had everything from wind, rain, sun and snow to sun burn and close to frost bitten hands (lol). The Isle of Skye to me is such an amazing place and to show you the different types of weather we got throughout the tours i'll post a number of images from all 5 tours in the blog. The above shot is from the first Skye tour of the year...A frantic race to the Old Man of Storr viewing point for sunrise was tough due to the early(ish) sunrise so we had to give ourselves a good hour to get to the top, although a relatively short hike it is quite steep. As we walked closer and closer the sky started to fill with colour, then BOOM... A gap in the clouds allowed to to get this epic sunburst. Can you see one of my clients standing down in the

Hello folks, Welcome to my new website BernardGeraghtyLandscapeTours.ie, thank you so much for taking the time to visit our new site I hope you find it informative and simple to navigate whether you are looking to purchase a tour or just browsing. This is a big step for me and my new company as it allows us to have a more direct approach with regards to our tours and workshops. A little about the company... Being extremely passionate about travel, hiking and landscape photography I felt the time was right to set up the company after spending 6 years working as a plumber and 6 years in retail management I felt a change was needed. I found everyday I was becoming more and more frustrated being stuck inside day after day I knew I needed to do something... Queue my passion for travel, hiking and photography....For me it was simple, combine them and make a business out of it to create hiking tours, photography tours and sightseeing tours. I'm lucky enough to have the support of my