Sunday 21 October 2012

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


Sunday, 9th September, 2012

Lahinch, Clare

They say you shouldn’t meet your heroes. I feared this for Lahinch.



 It’s amazing how imagery can form an idealized notion of a place. As de Botton posits there is no point being demoralized because it is simply different. What reinforces any difference is the strong on-shore wind and the choppy sea. And so we move on. North




Crab Island, Doolin, Clare

A respite in a campsite. It has been a week since we left last Sunday. Today is our first shower. Glorious








      


In the last week I surfed 3 days. It is the first day of a new week and again I have not surfed. I have surfed 3 out of 8 days and 1 of those didn’t really count.

Tomorrow we head for Easkey. The forecast is for big surf and strong winds, predominantly from the west of north. Not a good sign but at least we have had a shower.

 

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