Whitepark Bay 2

Whitepark Bay - on a sunny October day this time. The houses at the bottom of the cliff, in the middle distance, are part of the tiny hamlet called Portbradden.

Whitepark Bay

Whitepark Bay, on the North Antrim coast, photographed on a misty morning last September.

Magilligan Point

Magilligan Point seen from close to Gortmore viewing point.
The field nearest to the camera runs to the edge of a cliff, which drops down to the lowland below.

The sea is to the right of the Point, with Lough Foyle to the left. The hills in the background are part of the Inishowen Peninsula in Co Donegal.

The Point is partly a Nature Reserve and partly a British Army Firing Range.

A small car ferry runs from the tip of the Point across to Greencastle on the Donegal coast.

More Snow

Only one of these photos shows the north coast - well almost, as it's hidden by the mist.
First is Binevenagh, seen from the main Coleraine to Limavady road.


These are the Donegal hills on the Inishowen peninsula. Lough Foyle is hiding somewhere under the mist. Taken from the same road as before.


This is the old Coleraine to Limavady road, now known as the Windyhill Road. It was originally known as the Murderhole Road.


And this is a little further along the road from the previous photo.


We don't often get snow and when we do, it's usually gone within hours.
This snow came last Saturday night. the photos were taken to-day.

Happy Christmas everyone!!!!

Snow

This is Inishowen in Co Donegal seen from Downhill in Co Derry.

We've had the first snow of the winter over the last couple of days. Not much along the coast, but rather more as you go inland.

Fiery Sky

I've just realised that this blog began life over a year ago - 7th October 2008, to be precise.

Both its name and its purpose were different at the start, so it has evolved over the year. My original intention was to post a photo every day. And the photo had to be taken on the day.
I soon realised I had set myself an impossible task. I simply didn't have the time to get a decent photo every day.

Now the posting is irregular. The photos usually show the coast - so the one below just about qualifies for inclusion.
It was taken one evening a couple of weeks ago when I was on my way home from Limavady to Coleraine. I noticed the colour of the sunset in my rear-view mirror, so I stopped to get some photos.
Binevenagh mountain is to the right, with Lough Foyle in the middle distance and the Donegal hills beyond that.

Crossing the Bridge

The rope bridge is about 80 feet above the sea.
It is only around 60 feet long but, for some people, that short distance from the island to the mainland might as well be 1,000 miles. These unfortunates have to be rescued by boat.

The bridge is a much more robust structure to-day than it was thirty years ago when I first ventured across.
It now belongs to the National Trust and is heavily promoted as a tourist attraction. Around 250,000 people visit each year between the beginning of March and the end of October. The bridge structure is taken down in the wintertime.

I haven't been across for some years because the Trust now charge an admission fee to all visitors to their properties. This charge is very necessary to help with the cost of essential maintenance.
All the same, I think there should be a concessionary rate for local people who may want to visit on a regular basis rather than as a once-in-a-lifetime experience.