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Published: September 30th 2012
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Schull Harbour
View from the pier Saturday came around a beautiful day, perhaps the last of the year. Klaus needed to work at the gallery shop in Schull, so he took me along with him. In Schull I went down to the pier, where I collected some seawashed glass for Annabel and looked for the renound pier seal – but didn’t spot him. Around 11.30 I picked up my rucksack from the gallery and walked up the Schull road, where I was told would be the best place to hitchhike from. I had no luck with the first few cars; only one person stopped, but they were only going 5 miles down the road, when I needed to go around 20 miles. After that, there was such a long gap I wondered whether any more cars would even come past! Thankfully, one more did, a big silver 4x4, which stopped for me. The Irish couple inside offered to take me all but 3 miles, which I accepted. They were so friendly and told me all about the area. They dropped me off in Goleen, but a minute later reappeared to take me the rest of the way! They then dropped me at Barleycove, known as one of
the best beaches in Ireland and for good reason; it is absolutely incredible! With a lagoon lying behind the sand dunes, which backed the huge crescent-shaped beach, lined on both sides by cliffs. I had brought my swimming things, hoping the sea might be a good temperature. I dipped my feet in – it wasn’t warm - so abandoned any ideas of swimming! Instead of spending the day on the beach, I decided to make my way further along the coast to Mizen Head, the furthest South-Westerly point in Ireland. I walked the beautiful 4Km along the road, eventually reaching the Mizen café, where I stopped for delicious tea and tiramisu cake. I caught a lift back down with an English couple, who had seen me walking up. They were heading to Bantry via Crookhaven and took me along with them; we took some photos but sadly didn’t stop for a pint! They then dropped me off at Toormoor where they turned off for Bantry, so I caught another lift with another Irish couple back to Schull. I arrived back early – it was only 4pm and Klaus was staying until 5, so I headed back to the pier where
this time, the seal was hanging around! He knew I wanted a photo of him and decided to make it a game – whenever I was about to take a photo, he would disappear under water and reappear somewhere else a minute later! I persevered though and got a couple of shots, when he wasn’t looking!
That night, the gale-force winds began and on Sunday morning, I had to put on my waterproofs just to walk over to the house! I took Molly out for a very wet walk, discovering the waterproofing on my jacket had worked very well, apart from a small patch on the right arm, which got very wet. I stayed in for the rest of the morning cooking veggie lasagne whilst the rain continued. By 2pm it had brightened up so I set out for a walk on the mountains. It started well but I lost the path when I reached the mountain, so ended up doing a longer walk than I'd planned, which was fine but I arrived back at the house just as dinner was being served! Three new people had arrived - Klaus's old bandmates Peter, Sarah and Nyla, who are going
to be here for the next couple of days, helping Klaus record his album.
Tomorrow the working week starts again and I'll be in the polytunnel again. I'm looking forward to getting stuck back in!
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D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley
Your photos are lovely
A picture tells a 1,000 words and indeed your pictures tell a lot about your wonderful adventure.