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As the weather was better than forecast, and after a day of washing and window cleaning, we decided to explore the Cliff Path.
A beautiful 6 - 7km walk on an easy tinder path.
Looking back on Greystones and the marina.
The cliff walk was built as a means of access for men and materials to the dangerous and exposed cliff in order to construct the railway between 1847 and 1856.
Guillemots.
The obvious route from Shankill to Wicklow through the natural cutting of the Glen of the Downs was not taken as Lord Meath didn’t want the railway to divide his estate.
Instead Lord Meath gave the cliff route from Bray to Greystones for free, but because of the geology it became one of the most costly railway tracks in Ireland. Isambard Kingdom Brunel directed the construction of the single track and continued it to Wicklow.
There is now a mile long tunnel, built more recently because of erosion and destruction of the original track.
Lord Meath’s Lodge. Steps from here led to his estate and Killruddery House.
Lord Meath used to charge a penny for access to his part of the Cliff Walk. He also constructed a carriage walk around the top of Bray Head.
So impressed by this stone walling.
Views over Bray Bay.
In the end the weather forecast was correct. Just before we reached Bray station to get the Dart back, the heavens opened.
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