In the Dingle Peninsula

John Connell puts aside hopes of a foreign holiday and walks instead in the footsteps of the Irish monk and journeyman, Saint Brendan.

'In the dog days of the pandemic,' writes John Connell, 'I decided the place to recharge my spirit was the mountains and oceans of Ireland's west coast.'

John sets off in the footsteps of the famous Irish monk and journeyman, St Brendan, in an attempt to recover a sense of 'wonder'.