Bucking the Trend, Gougane Barra, Co. CorkFive minutes from home. That's where this was made. Gougane Barra is practically on my doorstep, and I've walked into that valley more times than I can count. I'd been watching this composition for weeks, waiting for the right morning. The path through the conifers is arrow straight, and every tree along it stands rigid and vertical, like soldiers on parade. Every tree except one. A single deciduous tree leans right across from the left at a sharp