For many weeks now I have been promising myself that I would return to Seefin and enjoy theplace without being in the cloud. I had meant to go yesterday, but I had a migraine and stayed at home. This meant that my planned trip to Leitrim today was postponed.

The walk up to the top was easier this time: I'm a little fitter and I now know the proper route to take. About 75m from the top storms rushed in from the northwest and I passed several people sensibly heading down. Luckily the rain missed me and I managed to stay dry until a sudden hail storm around 4 o'clock. I just sat in the passage and let it pass.

I've been busy with the site lately. More rescanned images have been updated and there are now some panoramic views online. These are 200K in size, so be prepared to wait a while. I will probably add a lo-res verssion of them soon.

I had planned a trip to Leitrim last week to celebrate the publication of the Leitrim Archaeological Inventory, but it didn't happen. Well, it happened today and I had a great time and visited a wide variety of site types, which is always pleasurable. Actually, visiting 10 of the same is always pleasant, so I don't know why I said that!

I started in the south at Leitrim's only ogham stone and worked my way half way up the county to Manorhamilton before turning around, heading south(ish) again and then coming home. The highlight of the day was standing on the southern slopes of Slieve Anierin and seeing Sheemore standing out on the horizon. What a hill! All the better because I'd just come down from there in the morning.

This was primarily a quick dash to Tara, but I talked my wife into coming along by offering a stop at Fourknocks too (nearly always works!)

After spending an hour or so at Fourknocks, and putting together an internal panoramic, we went to a very busy Hill Of Tara. Once again The Mound Of Hostages is behind a fence so you can't really see the rock art inside. I also took GPS readings of most for the monuments while I was there.

Back to Leitrim again, this time to scale the hill I didn't feel up to last week. It was worth every ounce of the effort! A 5km round walk (a horizontal 5km - if you work it out properly it would be closer to 6km!) on the eastern slopes of Truskmore took me to three diverse monuments and provided views to travel-a-long-way-for.

Southward Crockauns, Keelogyboy, Leean Mountain and Benbo combine to make a skyline that is perhaps beyond comparison. Looking west across the hill top Sligo bay is visible through a deep gorge between Cope's Mountain and Kings Mountain (Sliabh Mór).

I won''t be back up here in a hurry though: it really is a very steep climb initially. I took over 150 photos up the top though, so I shouldn't have to go back. This in no way means I wouldn't love to be back there again at some time, but I think I'll enjoy the view from the valley floor next time.