Saturday 20 October 2012

29 IRELAND - The Quiet, The Green, The Clean Empty Waves


Saturday, 8th September, 2012

Brandon Bay, Kerry





Moving. Sometimes it feels good to be moving again, simply enjoying the pleasure of driving to a new place, listening to music with the sun shining.


Before I was talking about perfection and the Brandon Mountain, nestled within are a number of houses, settlements. Does this effect perfection, I don’t know? I guess it reinforces the sceptics view concerning who can describe what perfection is. 




A few hours later and the feeling has changed. Tired from driving, stressed and moody from hunger and not being able to find the bay we are looking for. Also the guide book describes a beach-break that is not a beach-break. It is rock. And the waves are flat.

Farrihy Bay, Clare

A beautiful sunny evening in a beautiful isolated spot but as we walk across the boulder ridge that forms the beach, for Caroline she can only think of death. A contrasting thought to such a dreamy spot but then when you look.


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