10k steps a day isn't hard until you can't do it. Please consider donating to the Irish Heart Foundation, they provide a vital service to the country, & as somebody who uses their services, I can tell you I'll never be able to repay the debt I owe. The link 👉 events.irishheart.ie/fundraiser/D...

Listened to Robbie Williams' "Come Undone" while doing this. Started going to an art club in ABII & have found it a useful way to put my feelings on paper for my kids. I'll send it to the next sponsor on my fundraising page. 10k steps a day 👉 events.irishheart.ie/fundraiser/D...

The Irish Heart Foundation 10,000 steps a day challenge has been a great motivator for me to get back out. Even managed to start jogging a little. Please consider donating to the Irish Heart Foundation 👉 events.irishheart.ie/fundraiser/D...

There's beauty in the rain. #plants #water #nature #Ireland #photography

Had a friend in the polytunnel today. If you don't like spiders...too late. Spiders are great little hunters, mostly hunting the things that like to feast on me! #Spiders #Insects #Ireland #Gardening

I stayed here watching the fish dance with the current of the river. Lovely sight to start the day. #Nature #Ireland #River #EastCoastKin

Getting ready to go again, next year in June I’m planning a 450km (280 miles) solo from Húsavík to Dyrhólaey in aid of Irish Dogs for the Disabled. #IcelandSoloTraverse #Dogs4TheDisabled www.idonate.ie/DermotCosgrove

Took these pictures while out with Acquired Brain Injury Ireland with my #Canon #DSLR. I really like the way you have to really look to see everything. Delighted to get out with my camera more. #Photography #CityScapes #DublinCity #statue #EastCoastKin

The #AvivaStadium as seen from the River Liffey, looking down the River Dodder. Preparations were well underway for the American Football game. I also preferred Lansdowne Road as a stadium, but you can't say the Aviva doesn't look better. #AmericanFootball #AerLingus

A beautiful moth caterpillar and a butterfly. Stop and look around, it's later than you think. #Insects #butterflies #moths #Ireland #nature #EastCoastKin

Using @developers.google.com for Alt information. My wife got the drone fly, I patiently manually focused on the orb weaver spider. #Photography #nature #Ireland #EastCoastKin #insect

Once again, for those in the back, our native pollinators love dandelions and thistles. There was an abundance of these butterflies out today. #LifeHack get rid of your weeds by calling them flowers. 👍 #butterflies #pollinators #nature #insects #Ireland

Here's a secret that "big tidy garden" doesn't want you to know...birds and bees love thistles and dandelions. #Nature #Bee #thistle #flower #photography

Decided to force myself out for a walk this morning. Delighted to walk one of my favourite routes I haven't seen in months and see it hasn't been touched. Pollinators and wild flowers everywhere. Pollinators, like bees and birds, are the best gardeners. #Nature #Ireland #Bee

Birthday pints are different. Enjoying a Birra Moretti while the kids howl "it's too hot!" at home. Little do they know, even though it's my birthday, I can't in fact change the temperature. #BirraMoretti #Pints

Forced myself out of my newly created comfort zone yesterday and met friends for pints and cinema. I was becoming more and more like a turtle, retreating into myself, my wife all but demanded I go out. Laughing is good for the soul. #StrokeRehab #Beer #Cinema

I have a very useful #gardening #lifehack. If you want to get rid of nuisance weeds and nettles in your garden, just start calling them flowers. Nettles, when given the chance, grow a beautiful flower that pollinators love. Dandelions grow into a bush like growth that birds love. #nature

With all the crap going on in the world, distract yourself with pictures of my #RescueDogs that I took today. #Dogs #Springer #Lurcher

Whilst my wife took the dogs for a walk, I relaxed with @irishrainforest.bsky.social, a Canon, and a coffee. I was patiently waiting for the local birds of prey, who, as my wife told me, seemed to follow her. #Books #Coffee #Photography #Ireland

Going to jump on #ThickTrunkTuesday because this oak is too good not to share. #IrishOak #Ireland #Nature

Never thought I'd miss jogging, but one step at a time, hopefully. Me after a long run in the Phoenix Park many KGs ago. #Exercise #StrokeRehab #Jogging

After I attended an IHF social gathering in St Loman's Hospital in Mullingar I had an opportunity for a walk around. 1,300, at least, buried here. There's only about 10 crosses, still visited. Used up to 1971 apparently. I can only imagine what those poor souls went through. 😞 #History #Ireland

Thinking of getting back to cycling after I remembered that time I cycled the Slieve Bloom mountains with skinny tyres on the bike. Lots of slipping and low traction, faster, and far more terrifying, for the descent. #StrokeRehab #StrokeRecovery #Ireland #cycling

Love this picture of my daughter using my camera to capture the sunset in Sligo when we were camping. I miss these daddy-daughter trips. 😞 #Sunset #Ireland #Sligo #Camera #Photography

Dunno what all the fuss is about, I could easily fight a gorilla. The fight would be short, less than 10 seconds, and the gorilla would probably use my freshly torn arms as a weapon to beat me with after I start the fight. #ManVGorilla

When I came home from the hospital, I was delicate. I sat down and our rescue dog sat on me for an hour rubbing her face off mine and crying. I wish more people were like dogs, they're so much better.

Took this when walking back to the car. You can pose photos a lot, but sometimes the best ones appear randomly. #Sunset #Ireland #Graveyard

Sometimes we can spend ages looking for a great photo opportunity and sometimes they appear in a moment out of nowhere.

Really like these kinds of photos. Lots to look at, but you have to wait to see it. Vegetation has covered the exit hole inside the ruin. Probably used to hold support beams. #Ireland #History #Ruins

People say "Lest We Forget" with such carelessness I genuinely think once veterans from global conflicts pass on to history books that we do forget, and are probably destined to repeat their experiences, unfortunately. A WW1 grave in Trim, still clearly cared for and visited. #WW1 #History #Ireland

Took this while travelling back from Carrauntoohill as a passenger in the car. Just a quick snap with a #canon. Great surprise to look back on. #Sunset #Photography #Ireland

There's something about row boats. #SpeirGorm #boats #photography #Ireland

I sat by a lake with my camera the other day, just watching the birds. Caught what I think is a sparrow with a dragonfly for lunch. There's a lot to be said for sitting and watching. #Birds #Nature #Photography #Ireland

Life lives here. A busy weekend, a tired mind, beers with a friend, the forest is like a tonic. #Nature #Ireland #Photography

Went to one of my favourite places this evening. Lough Lene in County Westmeath. I'll bring the swim shorts next time. #lake #outdoors #Ireland

Last year, when I was in ICU, a high dependency ward, a normal ward, & then home (where my ability to get out was extremely restricted) I relied on nature posts from @marcwithasea.bsky.social & @dermotncosgrove.bsky.social to get my fix of the outdoors. If you can't get out today, this is for you.

Forgot to stick this up. This was very hard. Got the worst brain fatigue I've had since the hospital halfway down the devil's ladder. Honestly could've sat down and gone asleep. Thankfully my wife was there to watch my steps. #Hiking #Ireland #Fundraising

Finally got around to doing something yesterday. Sore today. The brain fatigue hit hard halfway down the devil's ladder, which, as you could imagine, is not called the devil's ladder due to its ease to ascend/decline. #StrokeRecovery #Hiking #Ireland

Relaxation doesn't come easy these days, here's hoping the mood & weather improves over the weekend. #StrokeRehab #Fundraising for Headway Ireland-> lnkd.in/eTzdmMVC Delighted to say I've exceeded my target. It's only when you need these services that you see how important fundraising is for them.

This time last year I had my first CT done, an arterial line in, and was on my way to my first stint in ICU. Celebrating little wins. #Guinness #StrokeRehab #Reflection

Growing pumpkins and strawberries with Acquired Brain Injury Ireland. Really enjoying the gardening club in their Navan clubhouse. Honestly, #StrokeRehab and acquired brain injuries can be a lonely place, it's great they facilitate this important service. #Gardening #Nature

2 weeks to go and €100 off the fundraising target. Delighted. Hopefully the day will be as nice as today. www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/D... #StrokeRehab #Fundraising #Hiking #Ireland

Feels like a lifetime ago. It was a different life, I suppose. 18 years of age, joined the army reserve (FCA) because my father suggested it would teach me some things. #Reserves #ArmyReserve #Ireland

4221 Private P Nulty, Leinster Regiment, died 6th May 1915 age 21. His grave in Newtown Cemetery in Trim is still visited. Died in Flanders. #CommonwealthGraves #WW1 #Ireland #History

Dandelions are great. Grow anywhere, feed pollinators, and make fun for the young at heart through their seeds. They're also really good at demonstrating the life cycle. #Dandelions #nature #flowers #Ireland

The remains of what I believe was going to be a hospital in what was supposed to be a new town, called Newtown, near Trim. There was another hospital near here, also in ruins, that doubles as a mass grave. #Trim #Coffee #History

There's a life hack for getting rid of weeds. Call them flowers. Works every time. #Lifehack #Dandelions #Hoverfly #nature #insects

2 days before I was admitted to hospital, I went for an open water swim. Normally calm waters were getting rough. A sign of times to come. #Water #Outdoors #Lakes #Swimming #Nature #Ireland

A clever use for used plastic bottles. It acts as a greenhouse. Learning more about my green thumb at the Acquired Brain Injury Ireland clubhouse. #Gardening #Garlic #BrainInjury #StrokeRehab

I presume this is a buzzard, but it was flying really high, gliding on a good wind, so never got a clearer picture. Stood there watching it before I even thought of taking the camera out. Taken on our hike in Wicklow last Saturday. #Hike #Outdoors #BirdOfPrey #Wicklow #Photography