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/ Two Bullocks on a Boat in Eire
The joys of rafting. The man on the inside boat wanted to leave before the man on the outside. Kevin went to help with the process of swapping. The Dutch sailor on the outside wasn’t going to be rushed, so it took a while.
Overnight a cruise ship came in and anchored outside the harbour.
There was a constant stream of tenders bringing passengers to coaches on shore. A few stayed locally, but most were taken into Waterford.
We decided to walk the Cliff Path whilst waiting for the tide.
Beautiful wildflowers along the path.
The pathway was created by the workers who built the harbour in the 1820s so they could walk to and from their communities. The beginning of the walk, The Flat Rocks, was originally a quarry, from which the stone, known locally as pudding stone, was used to construct the harbour.
‘Extreme’ angling seems popular; some people scrambling down the cliff face, rods in hand, to stand on the edge of the rocks.
Anglers are not the first to venture down the cliffs. During the period of the Penal Laws in the 17th and 18th centuries, when it was forbidden to celebrate Mass, Catholics would climb down to the Bishop’s Cave to worship, and the priest could arrive and return by sea without being seen.
A view over to Hook Head with its Norman lighthouse, the oldest operating light tower in the world.
Portally Cove or Port Fhalla, meaning little harbour of the wall, our destination on our walk….
…and later passing it by sea.
A shocking time setting up our selfie! I decided to use a fence post to rest the camera on, but when I leant over to check the viewfinder, I discovered it was an electric fence. Ouch.
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