Silent Sunday – 20th August 2023

Feather and cobbles

Last day of Summer

And so summer 2021 comes to an end, with September tomorrow. This was one of our last beach days this year – a glorious day in sunshine with the north west County Mayo coast at its very best.

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  Lacken, Co Mayo

CFFC – Water

Murvagh, Co Donegal

Inspired by CFFC – Water

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Belmullet Peninsula, Co Mayo

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #27: My Travels

I enjoy traveling within my own country but am often reluctant to travel further – but sometimes you don’t have to go far to see stunning scenery. Two days ago we headed for the west coast to Doolough near Gweesalia, here in County Mayo on the west coast of Ireland.

“If there’s a heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it” – Jimmy Buffett.

I had to “borrow” this wonderful quote from PA Moed, as it is very true for me.

To the right you can see the Mullet Peninsula, to the left Achill Island.

The beach is a great one for shell collecting.

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And at over 2km long  you can also get a very decent walk. I know there are many beautiful places out there to see and many of you have shown me some of them in your own blogs. But for my travels, I  am, so far, content with this.

 

Stranded

A boulder on a beach, like a stranded whale it waits patiently for the next tide.

blue

This week’s Lens Artist weekly challenge theme is “blue”.

Blue brings to my mind two things. The sky and the sea. The combination of blue sky and sea is magical.

Firstly Newport beach from our trip to Wales earlier in the summer.

Then closer to home, Ross beach, and below Beltra beach, County Mayo.

Ross beach, Co Mayo, Ireland

Beltra beach, Co Mayo, Ireland

 

Time to Relax

If we want time to relax, we enjoy heading to the coast. Dugort beach or Pollawaddy strand is situated on the north coast of Achill Island near the village of Doogort. Achill Island is an island on the west coast of Ireland, joined to the mainland by a bridge. Slievemore hill rises above the strand, though it was covered in fog the day we were there.

Dugort

The sun battled hard but the fog won out in the end.

Still a lovely place to visit and one to which we hope to return.

Dugort

Dugort

Lens-Artists Photo Challenges – Time to relax

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Doogort Beach, Achill Island, Mayo, Ireland

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Sea campion, Beltra Beach, Westport, Co Mayo