Sunday, February 2, 2014

Beautiful County Sligo.

                               Not too many words today, after all 'A Picture Speaks a Thousand Words'.
                                                              We need no excuse to visit Co. Sligo.
In our opinion it is the most beautiful and varied county in the Republic of Ireland .
Our trip today was to meet a fellow chicken fancier. He had contacted me via one of the poultry sites I follow, wanting a La Bresse cockerel and a trio of Buff Orpingtons.
 As he was coming from Derry we offered to meet him at more or less the half way point between his place and ours, which is Sligo. We duly met up and spend a pleasant half an hour talking chickens, goats, pigs and growing veg. It's always nice talking to like minded people, and we are sure our birds, which we hatched in the incubator and watched grow up have gone to a good home.

 Knowing that the tides are once again on the spring and Ireland is under an orange code weather warning we hoped to catch some of the big breakers that we had missed last month.
 The seas were spectacular, we were not disappointed. We also manage to get more seaweed, plenty of  sugar kelp had been washed up, but it looked as though it had been milled,  it was mingled with the bladder wrack which is far lighter than the sugar kelp that we found last time.
Snow trapped in the ravines.
We also got some nice shots of some of the mountains of Sligo, the Dartry mountains, the most famous being Ben Bulben.
The weather was kind to us, little wind, quite warm and sunny. The next front is supposed to hit us in the next day or so.
The tide just staring to come in.
It came in with speed.
Fantastic power.
Waves breaking ,the spray about 50 feet high

11 comments:

  1. I agree with you, Anne. I feel blessed to be living in Sligo - a most beautiful part of the country, filled with hidden gems as well as the big obvious ones, like the mystical, majestic and mighty Ben Bulben. Every county in Ireland has something very special to offer both visitors/tourists and locals who've lived in Ireland all their lives, but Sligo - for me, personally, holds a very special place in my heart.

    These are all beautiful photos, Anne. Thanks for sharing them with us. - June

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    1. Although we lived in Co. Sligo for many years we still manage to find something new every time we go there. We think it is a magic county.

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  2. I agree with you, Anne. I feel blessed to be living in Sligo - a most beautiful part of the country, filled with hidden gems as well as the big obvious ones, like the mystical, majestic and mighty Ben Bulben. Every county in Ireland has something very special to offer both visitors/tourists and locals who've lived in Ireland all their lives, but Sligo - for me, personally, holds a very special place in my heart.

    These are all beautiful photos, Anne. Thanks for sharing them with us. - June

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  3. Superb sea scapes, Anne, and I love that mountain in the first pic. Another place we need to catch up with at some stage!

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    1. It's only a fifty minute run to hit the sea in Sligo, even less for you Matt. There is so much to see in Co.Sligo from the mountains to the coast and of course the waterfalls at Glencar. Plus many of the beaches you can legally collect the seaweed as long as it's washed up, plus collecting fresh mussels.

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  4. Absolutely stunning photos!!! Gorgeous. Reminds me of the lovely day we spent collecting seaweed...and the following feast of mussels! Can't wait for Easter now xxx

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  5. Hello Anne,
    Thanks for the wonderful tour of Sligo. It brought back so many wonderful memories. Are you still having bad weather? We got over a foot of snow yesterday and its gotten colder.
    Your cats are delightful. and the carrot cake looks wonderful. Happy Birthday to you, glad you enjoyed your dinner out.
    My best to you
    Carole

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  6. Hopefully you will come back to Ireland one day. We are getting away with the bad weather here, but the coastal areas are very badly hit. It's the Somerset levels in the UK I feel so sorry for, so much devastation and destruction to the land, only now is the PM and the idiot they have for the environment minister taking any action to help, and that is probably more a political action than out of concern. Thanks for the birthday wishes.

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  7. Some great pics there. I'm envious of your seaweed collecting. Beautiful Sligo for sure.

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  8. Any excuse to go to the coast in Sligo and I take it, beautiful scenery plus the seaweed.

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