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Camusdarach Beach, Arisaig, Scotland. Taken this week by myself.

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This is Ballintoy Harbour very close to the Giants Causeway on the North coast of Ireland. I took the picture myself during the summer.

Excellent photograph, Gerry. :handclap:

Here's another, Scotland in February!

Here is a picture I took of a sunset when walking on the beach at Benone.

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Here is a picture of us crossing the Carrick-a - Rede rope bridge. It's only about 40 feet onto the rocks and waves below.

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Here is a picture of us crossing the Carrick-a - Rede rope bridge. It's only about 40 feet onto the rocks and waves below.

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that's funny. I had seen a report about Ireland on TV today. And there was this bridge too.

It's a very popular visitor attraction that is run by the National Trust and is close to the Giants Causeway that draws in hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. The bridge was originally strung across to the small island by salmon fishermen to allow them to access their drift nets. They no longer use the nets to fish for the precious salmon and it's the tourists ££££ they catch now.

yes, in that report they'd said too, that the bridge was made for the fishermen once. And they had said, that Ireland is the 4th richest state in Europe now, even though they were once so poor.
Fascinating are also these stone-walls in the landscape. And there was a bit coast with basalt-stones and all of them were "frozen" in hexagon-shaped pillars.
And in this report was also a very funny Irishman, who explained to the tourists these old stone-graves. And I could even understand his words.
And they'd said that Irish music sounds always similar. Like they would play only one song over and over again. I think, that's somehow true.

The basalt cliffs were made as the volcanic lava cooled rapidly as it met the cold North Atlantic waters. The chalk seabed makes the sea look a very turquoise blue colour.

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The basalt cliffs were made as the volcanic lava cooled rapidly as it met the cold North Atlantic waters. The chalk seabed makes the sea look a very turquoise blue colour.

No It wasn't, this is the real truth.

Finn McCool (Fionn mac Cumhail) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fionn_mac_Cumhail) an Irish Giant lived on an Antrim headland and one day when going about his daily business a Scottish Giant named Fingal began to shout insults and hurl abuse from across the channel. In anger Finn lifted a clod of earth and threw it at the giant as a challenge, the earth landed in the sea. Fingal retaliated with a rock thrown back at Finn and shouted that Finn was lucky that he wasn't a strong swimmer or he would have made sure he could never fight again.
Finn was enraged and began lifting huge clumps of earth from the shore, throwing them so as to make a pathway for the Scottish giant to come and face him. However by the time he finished making the crossing he had not slept for a week and so instead devised a cunning plan to fool the Scot.
Finn diguised himself as a baby in a cot and when his adversary came to face him Finn's wife told the Giant that Finn was away but showed him his son sleeping in the cradle. The Scottish giant became apprehensive, for if the son was so huge, what size would the father be?
In his haste to escape Fingal sped back along the causeway Finn had built, tearing it up as he went. He is said to have fled to a cave on Staffa which is to this day named 'Fingal's Cave'.


So There :PDT10

Love that story!

Love that story!

Me too Brownie, I knew Gerry was kidin' us, where would we be without people like drone to tell us the truth.:handclap::PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Hands Up.

I have to admit I was caught trying to spin you all a yarn about basalt and chalk. But it was the Leprehauns that put me up to it. I swear. I wouldn't tell a lie.

That all right then Gerry if the Leprehauns told you to say that we beleve you. :PDT11

I have to admit I had been with Uncle Arthur for several pints before the Leprehaun spoke:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

New years eve 73 I was a Serving Soilder in Derry, I was on duty on a check point, when a guy pressed a half full bottle of clear liquid in it(I Knew the guy) Saying, "tis ill keep ya warm" It was the first time i'd tried poteen, after a quick swig i was talking to the Leprehaun and seeing them as well.

We make great poteen in Derry. I'm glad you got to see the Leprehauns on your tour of our beautiful wee town.
You wouldn't recognise it now, thank God. The town that is not the Leprehaun.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

A picture taken by me of Inch Harbour in Co Donegal.



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In that TV-report about Ireland, they had said, the basalt-pillars were made by any giant who wanted to reach his girlfriend without to get wet feet. And for that reason he had built that way, which is now sunken in the see. There seem to exist many scientific explanations.
Yesterday was another report about Ireland on my TV. Maybe they have Ireland-week.

And because of the Leprehaun. There is also a very nice book about all such creatures. I have the German version. It's a great book.
http://www.amazon.de/Arthur-Spiderwicks-Fantastical-Spiderwick-Chronicles/dp/0689859414/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books-intl-de&qid=1203442810&sr=1-3


And please, people, couldn't you make the pictures a little smaller? Less byte! My old pc struggles always, if there are so huge pictures.

Here's some pics of lesser known beaches on the Costa Blanca (ie not the ones on Benidorm), taken 2 weeks ago - the beaches are at LA Marina, La Mata and Guardarmar which are all about 15 miles south of Alicante.

Here's two of Towyn, where the beach is lukewarm in July and bleedin freezing in March!

Taken at Tynemouth Long Sands

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Those are excellent surfing pictures.

Here's one my son took with his waterproof digital camera when the surfing went belly up.

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thanks Gerry, I might put some more up over the weekend,

the one from you son is great,

Woohoo .. smashing picture Gerry :PDT_Piratz_26: :)

Here is another snap I took yesterday. The waves were rolling in over the rocks and crashing well.

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Another day on Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii.. Its' Spring

Now you're trying to make us all jealous:PDT10
Lovely pic NL:handclap:

Now you're trying to make us all jealous:PDT10
Lovely pic NL:handclap:

LOL.. No..Zaps.. Just spreading some sunshine your way..and ALOHA..Heres' another for the warmth.. In front of Royal Hawaiian Hotel.. Waikiki

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1) Sunset at Parkgate on the Wirral looking out to the Dee.

2) Beach down the road from Rhosneigr, Anglesey.