Tom's long awaited book Cycling the Wild Atlantic Way and Western Ireland has been published by Cicerone Press. This is a complete guide to cycling from Derry/Londonderry in the north right through to Cork on the southern coast. Buy it from the Cicerone website – I get paid more for sales from there, Tom says.

Charlotte has a new freelance gig – as a contributor to both Country Smallholding and Your Chickens magazines. Her first article was on Newcastle disease in chickens. She is also turning her hand to interview pieces, including one with the driving force behind the Bluebird K7 recovery project, Bill Smith, a keen poultry keeper.