The club and the hill. This is the North Harbour in Cape Clear Island. The club is familiar to all who visit this part of the world, as are the hills unfortunately. This particular hill overlooks the whole harbour and feels like a 45 degree struggle at times. I still have memories of climbing it [...]
2008Tue07Oct
An club agus an cnoc
Filed in Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Photography, Photos
2008Thu02Oct
QE2 Leaving Cork
Filed in Boat, Canon 40D, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Photography, Photos, Sea, Sigma 18-200, Sky, Vehicles, WaterThe Queen Elizabeth 2, or QE2, flagship of the Cunard Line, docked for the last time in Cobh yesterday and left this evening just after 6pm. Here she is after turning in Cork Harbour and seconds before she increased speed and left the harbour for good. In 2009, she will become a floating hotel in [...]
2008Sun28Sep
Angela’s Shop in Fountainstown
Filed in Beach, Black and White, Candid, Canon 10-22, Canon 40D, Cork, Fountainstown, Ireland, Landscape, People, Photography, Photos, VehiclesAngela’s Shop and Coffee Dock in Fountainstown Co Cork. This shop has been at the beach in Fountainstown for the last 20 years (according to the owner) but I had never ventured inside until today. We were served lovely cups of tea which we enjoyed outside in the blazing sun. I had hoped to shoot [...]
2008Fri26Sep
Tractor at Allihies
Filed in Allihies, Beach, Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Photography, Photos, Sea, Sky, Vehicles, WaterA tractor in the carpark at Allihies Beach in Co Cork.
2008Tue23Sep
The cars of Cape Clear
Filed in Black and White, Boat, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Photography, Photos, Sea, Sigma 18-200, Street, Vehicles, WaterCape Clear Island, or Oilean Chleire, is only 3 miles long and 1 mile wide, but it’s only 40 minutes by ferry to the mainland so it’s fairly easy to bring out vehicles. In fact, I saw many more cars on the island than I did on my last trip. As you may have guessed [...]
2008Mon22Sep
Cape Clear North Harbour
Filed in Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Photography, Photos, Sea, Sigma 18-200, WaterThe north harbour in Cape Clear is the main harbour on the island. There’s a south harbour as well but there’s only a small beach there, and a long quayside where the occasional small boat ties up. To the left you can see the Club which is a small shop/cafe on the ground floor, while [...]
2008Sun21Sep
Speeding Boat
Filed in Boat, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, People, Photography, Photos, Sea, Sigma 18-200, Vehicles, WaterA speedboat, at speed, races past the more sedate Naomh Ciaran II on our way to Oilean Cleire, or Cape Clear. You can see the island itself in the background!
2008Sat20Sep
Mulroy Bay II stranded in the evening sun
Filed in Boat, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Night, Photography, Photos, Sea, Sigma 18-200, Vehicles, WaterAnother shot of the Mulroy Bay II as it lay in shallow waters in Baltimore Bay.
2008Fri19Sep
Warning sign in the wilderness
Filed in Black and White, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Photography, Photos, Rocks, Sea, Sigma 18-200, Signs, WaterAnother shot of the Electric Wires warning sign I posted yesterday. This one gives you a flavour of the landscape in the area, and the desolate, remote location of the sign.
2008Thu18Sep
Electric Wires
Filed in Black and White, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Photography, Photos, Rocks, Sea, Sigma 18-200, Signs, WaterIf you’ve ever taken the Naomh Ciaran II to Cape Clear Island this sign will be familiar to you. WARNING ELECTRIC WIRES 60 FT (18 Mtrs) OVER HIGH WATER LEVEL PS. The cheezburger are the latest blog to use the Thieving Duck. Hope they link back to the original post. PPS. They did, saw a [...]
