Conditions: 🌊 Sea: Calm 🌡️ Air temp: 5°C (feels like 4°C) 💨 Wind: 6.4 km/h westerly 🏊‍♂️ Water temp: 12°C The Early Bird Catches the Magic ✨ Clocks went back and so did I to the sea—it really has become addictive. When I awoke at 6 AM and checked my weather app, it showed a Join me for a sunrise sea dip →

Challenge: Converting from gas/oil to electric solutions The Fossil Fuel Dilemma 🌍 Our current rental farmhouse comes with the typical Irish setup—gas cooking and oil heating. For us eco-minded folks, burning fossil fuels isn’t ideal. Yes, we still have our “dinosaur juice” drinking motorhome—though technically, oil comes from microscopic marine organisms rather than dinosaurs. But Discover how we’re heating and cooking our farmhouse without fossil fuels →

Location: Bannow Beach Duration: 25:09 minutes of pure relaxation Modern Camping, Tesla Style 🚗 There’s something magical about watching the day fade into evening at Bannow Beach. Tonight, we decided to experience it in thoroughly modern comfort—from the heated seats of our Tesla in Camp Mode. While the cloudy sky may have hidden the actual Discover how we turned our Tesla into a cosy beach office →

Not my usual dip in the sea this morning because I had company with me 😊 Special Guest: Helen ❤️ Breaking from Routine 🌅 This morning’s sea dip was delightfully different. Rather than my usual solo venture, I had company! Helen graciously foregoed her well-deserved weekend lie-in to join me on my morning ritual. And Double dipping →

Sleep Duration: 3 hrs 28 min (Apple Watch Ultra data) Morning Dip in the Sea: #6 in the streak 🎉 The Night Before: Dublin Adventures 🚗 I went to bed late last night after a rather exhausting day. The mission? Collecting Helen from Dublin during rush hour 😬. What should have been a 4-hour round From traffic jams to rainbows →

Today’s Conditions: Today it was blowing a hooley (look at me, picking up the local lingo! 😊) Air Temperature: 14ºC Feels like 7ºC Water temperature: 14ºC Wind: 21 mph, gusting to 31 mph Tide: High Sea State: Rough A very short one today (matching the brevity of my dip), but I simply had to document Dive deeper into today’s sea dip →

Morning Achievements: 4th consecutive sea dip! 🎉 Afternoon Drama: One missing drone 🚁 The Morning Start 🌅 Hmm… maybe I should have stayed in bed after all. But let me explain how my day went from a triumphant morning dip to a drone-hunting adventure. After eventually crawling out of bed for my fourth consecutive sea Caution: High Wind Story Ahead →

Morning Conditions: 14°C, Mild October Morning Sea Temperature: 13°C The Mental Battle 🤯 Today was one of those tricky days. You know the sort—when your warm bed feels like a cocoon of comfort and the outside world seems decidedly less appealing. After a late night processing and editing 8K videos (and quietly contemplating whether it’s Jump in… unlike me this morning, don’t overthink it! →

Weather: 14°C, 3 mph wind (gusting to 8 mph), sunny with light cloud cover Some days, the universe seems to orchestrate everything perfectly. Today was one of those magical days when all the pieces fell into place. Morning Motivation 🌅 The day began with an incredibly productive and engaging session with my ADHD Life Coach Take the plunge →