Paula

Paula

Sea Spell Swimming Blog March 8th 2020

March 8th 2020 Lough Hyne swim @ 11.30 High Tide 03:53 (3.37m) Low Tide 10:01 (0.65m) High Tide 16:17 (3.39m) Low Tide 22:17 (0.56m) Waxing Gibbous Moon Sunday swim, and I forgot my camera. It was wild and raining so…

Sea Spell Swimming Blog March 4th 2020

March 4th 2020 Lough Hyne swim @ 2pm Low Tide 05:59 (1.52m) High Tide 11:57 (2.90m) Low Tide 18:30 (1.54m) Waxing Quater Moon A wee swim in the afternoon is just magical. This day was a welcome calm, the weather…

Sea Spell Swimming Blog February 2020

February 2020 February was a very busy month, I did have a few swims but my camera was acting up so no photos of swimming. Plenty of art activity. The students of the West Cork Campus Level 6 Art had…

Sea Spell Swimming Blog January 25th 2020

January 25th 2020 Ballyally, Adventure Saturday Swim @ 2pm High Tide 05:22 (3.49m) Low Tide 11:35 (0.82m) High Tide 17:40 (3.42m) Low Tide 23:50 (0.76m) New Moon  It’s the 16th of March so while self isolating( with my two girls)I…

Sea Spell Swimming Blog January 1st 2020

January  1st 2020 Lough Hyne swim @ 11.30 am Low Tide 02:57 (1.21m0 High Tide 09.03 (3.23m) Low Tide 15:20 (1.34m) High Tide 21:12 (3.13m) Waxing Crescent Moon Happy New Year I cannot believe its 2020. So no better way…

Tips on Turning the Plastic Tide

Turning the Plastic Tide Tips. I know I look ridiculous but it is ridiculous the amount of plastic we all consume on a daily basis. I have become so aware of the plastic pollution through programs as The Blue Planet,…

Lough Hyne Snap Shots

I take a photograph before every swim. I suppose at this stage I am slightly apprehensive and excited about getting into the water. The photos I take from practically the same spot but are so dramatically contrasting from each other.…

Exhibition “Into the Sea”

Hegarty’s Boat Yard lies on the River Ilen at Old Court, between Skibbereen and Baltimore. I drive past here most days and I am fascinated by the boats all in different stages of repair. I have been drawing the AK…

Lough Hyne Paper Cut Outs

At the Gap Swimming has given me a new perspective. Seeing the landscape from being surrounded by water during a swim gives me such a buzz. A reconfirmed sense of joy at the beauty of where I am at that…

Bouys

Previous Work Bouys brave and endure the elements while floating half in half out of the water. I feel a connection with them as when I see them in the water I either want to be in the water with…