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At one end of the Atlantic drive, along the coast from the last beach I blogged about, lies Keem Bay. It's a hidden green jewel of a beach, at the foot of big mountains, eaten into the cliff.
the road there, heading away
Middle picture refuses to go in the middle! No triptych for us :(
My grandmother remembers going there before there was any road at all. And there was a huge rock in the sea in the middle of the beach.
Now there's a stream that flows down from the mountain, under the car park and onto the beach.
The kids had such a ball playing in the resulting pool. The incoming tide reshapes it every night. The water is a deep dark brown red, like rusty old blood. You can't see the bottom. One our last day, we let them stay til the tide washed in and cleared half of it away. It's fascinating somehow.
There was a dead fish in it though, the first day - stranded from the tide I suppose. I wasn't sure if it was safe to let kids play in water something was decaying in. What do you think?
You drive up hill again to get home, then down along the cliff - I like going back better, because I'm not right beside the edge, thinking about ... driving over it. Bodhi was mildly alarmed as well. It's so worth it though.
Still, it's nice to get back down again.
4 comments:
You make me homesick for places I've never been!
Aw that's a lovely comment. You should go, Janine - you'd get somewhere v cheap at this time of year. Google it - I'm not sure what the fastest way of getting there from the UK is. But autumn is a good time before it gets too cold! Great for walks and doggies.
Actually, if you got the ferry to Cork and drove around the coast, that would be - well, a v long drive - but also extremely scenic!
Oddly, there's quie a lot of English people living in Achill. When I was there ten years ago, I went to a farmer's market, and all the women were English. Which is odd, as it is a Gaeltacht (Irish Speaking) area.
Keem Bay is fantastic. If you climed the mountain, you would find some of the most spectacular cliffs I have ever seen. It's straight down the other side.
Maybe in a few years, the kids are a bit young for it yet!
Nice pictures, they makes me miss home...
Hey Icarus. Nice to see you.
We did have some discussions abotu cliffs, my three year old was keen to run towards one. Then he saw them from a distance and we discussed what happens when you fall off. So yeah, maybe a few more years...
HAve you been gone long?
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