Tom Ashworth

Spectators lining the seafront watched coloured fireworks open in half-domes on the surface of the sea.

From mountain slopes to woodland edges, beekeepers' colourful hives and combs full of work.

When the village's only shop and post office closed in the spring, neighbours raised €140,000 in shares to reopen it themselves, with volunteers working alongside two paid staff.

Blackberries, rosehips and sweet chestnuts are plentiful this year, but experts warn that mushrooms should never be eaten unless identified with complete certainty.