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| Spanish Point |
I
can’t remember exactly where we ate but, after travelling from Dublin and then working for a few hours, I slept well - knowing that I had had a very good day. Waking up to another full day ahead, to explore more of the coastline of Co.Clare, our first
stop was Spanish Point.
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| Spanish Point |
In
great contrast to the spectacular cliffs that we had seen the day before, the
Carboniferous rocks are exposed as a wave cut platform in a low lying part of the coast.
Rocks of the same Namurian age in England form the Millstone Grit edges
but, here, they take on a different character.
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| Spanish Point |
At
the time, I really didn’t know anything about the Spanish Armada, except to
know that Sir Francis Drake was playing bowls in Plymouth at the time – and then
saw them off!
Having since read a little bit more about this event, it seems
that the weather and the geology off the west coast of Ireland played a much greater part in its
destruction.
The Cliffs of Moher are one of Ireland’s greatest natural tourist attractions. I don’t particularly like heights and I stood no less than 2 metres away from the edge. The strong breeze that blows in from the Atlantic Ocean sometimes stops and, whilst trying to look down to the waves below, people have fallen into the sea...
The Cliffs of Moher are one of Ireland’s greatest natural tourist attractions. I don’t particularly like heights and I stood no less than 2 metres away from the edge. The strong breeze that blows in from the Atlantic Ocean sometimes stops and, whilst trying to look down to the waves below, people have fallen into the sea...
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| The Cliffs of Moher |
