Halfbaked - Tour Guide, hapless but mainly happy!

Introducing the Tour Guide "Halfbaked" - and also his unruly crew of hijackers, stowaways, and hostages - led by Medb - as they adventure around Ireland.

[Halfbaked - Tour Guide, hapless but mainly happy! @DaithiThe]

The Back-story Pt 1. Once upon a time a Tour Guide called Halfbaked went to Sligo. Got hijacked by Queen Mebd and her rather scary Champion called Fergus. Now destined to travel Ireland visiting her old haunts (and new ones) with an ever growing band of companions. @sligotourism

[Halfbaked - Tour Guide, hapless but mainly happy! @DaithiThe]

For anyone who has lost or forgotten theirs, feel free to copy, read, laminate and carry this one. Applies from Recruit to the most senior appointments!

[Halfbaked - Tour Guide, hapless but mainly happy! @DaithiThe]

@Springboks Classic photo, especially given the 15 minutes of pure chaos that preceded it ;-)

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

Words for the Weekend 🥳

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@medievalgill https://t.co/CFYc6ofZap

[Halfbaked - Tour Guide, hapless but mainly happy! @DaithiThe]

1/ Senchán Torpéist (c. 560–649 AD) Chief Bard of Connaught. Ooh, he was a hard man to please. Prince Guaire groaned when the doughty bard came to stay - with his whole retinue - hordes of them. Nowt would please him.

[Corncrake/Traonach LIFE @CorncrakeLife]

‘Answering the call’ is a powerful film about the hopes and effort to save one of Irelands most endangered species: the Corncrake.

It premieres at the @TriskelCork this Saturday as part of the @CorkFilmFest and features @NPWSIreland and the Corncrake LIFE team.

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Couldn't make it up! https://t.co/O1rVebYCNs

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@rayofoghlu Agriland is good at reporting these. Also, here is a PQ answer from earlier in the year. 16 assorted 2025 WLA prosecutions to date at May, bulk of these S.40. Wed, 28 May 2025 – Parliamentary Questions (34th Dáil) – Houses of the Oireachtas https://t.co/hX440P2rV3

[Halfbaked - Tour Guide, hapless but mainly happy! @DaithiThe]

Interpretation. 1. Questionable methodology. 2. Nobody cares. 3. Lip service / greenwashing. 4. People "care" but don't engage. Any which way - no conservation without engagement. 😢

[Halfbaked - Tour Guide, hapless but mainly happy! @DaithiThe]

UK, Ireland, Spain, and Netherlands are in the bottom 10 of this list of 61 countries for nature connectedness. Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most | Environment | The Guardian https://t.co/uAWaZzR4zb

[Halfbaked - Tour Guide, hapless but mainly happy! @DaithiThe]

Hmm, not good at all. Such beautiful places, so low on the list!

[Ó Foghlú @rayofoghlu]

No surprise indeed that Clare are lagards.

Honestly no point in calling them out to slurry dumping - the site in first photo a yearly occurrence

[Halfbaked - Tour Guide, hapless but mainly happy! @DaithiThe]

Definitely Infantry trained that doggo. Exerce Perfectione.

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Mission Impawsible..

It’s the combat roll for me.. 😂

[Halfbaked - Tour Guide, hapless but mainly happy! @DaithiThe]

And so it begins! A pity, because both are special places. Halfbaked had the pleasure of leading many groups to both establishments. Victor hated having his "polytheistic open-air temple" described as a tourist attraction. Hopefully it regains some peace.

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

Two popular tourist attractions in Co Wicklow - a historic gaol with ties to the 1798 Rebellion and War of Independence and a park with large spiritual sculptures - have closed https://t.co/F9lD4oCfEC

[Halfbaked - Tour Guide, hapless but mainly happy! @DaithiThe]

Seriously, does anyone care? It seems not. Seems like a very small segment of society is doing anything practical about this. So much more needs to be done. https://t.co/vFqgUSFaPs

[Historia Temporis @HTemporis]

@goodreads "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

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@HannahIamthest1 Give credit to Peter Badcock, Images of War.

Solar Images of Heat.

Arbiter of movement in this thirstland,

The sun slides spitefully

Across its uncontested void,

Reducing, just at noon,

What isolated shade there is

[WeLoveDonegal @welovedonegal]

OH NO!

This old oak tree #Letterkenny has been cut down overnight despite people protesting against it happening!!!

From #HighlandRadio https://t.co/G4AqwaDM6X

#trees #Donegal #Ireland
@OrrCaroline
@GregHughes2

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[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

After seeing the photograph of Cormac McCarthy's living room (containing around 1000 books, 5% of his total personal library), I'm reminded of what Umberto Eco once said:

"It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.

There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.

If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the 'medicine closet' and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That's why you should always have a nutrition choice!

Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity."

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