Rocky Bay in County Cork is a beautiful little sandy beach, despite the name.

A man leans on a hurley while his son runs after the sliotar (off picture) down the beach at Garrettstown last March.

A sand crab, moments before it was destroyed by the gleeful swipe of a 2 year old’s foot.

A warning sign on the beach in Youghal, County Cork.

The lifeboat at Kilkee is stored at the top of this ramp going down to the water at the beach. At low tide it’s quite a distance and the wide angle makes a great job of getting it all in! Those two dots on the beach are my family! 🙂

The blue sky over Kilkee Beach in County Clare. What a beautiful day that was!

No, this isn’t the landfill site near the Kinsale Road, Cork. It’s the beautiful beach at Myrtleville in County Cork last Tuesday. Disgusting isn’t it? My wife met a friend there who said that last year 3 people would clean the beach each day but this year, because of cuts, only one person was available….

Waves crashing on the beach at Couminole on Slea Head in County Kerry. Not all frozen water is cold.

Kilkee Beach in County Clare is a beautiful stretch of sand going on forever and ever. Well, seems like it, it’s a massively long beach and on the day we accidentally discovered it the sun was beating down on us. Hooray! I have no idea what RMA stands for. That little rock was sitting next…

A small rowing boat lies beached on the rocks under holiday homes in Puerto Del Carmen, Lanzarote in the Canary Islands.

The cliffs of Sheep’s Head in West Cork are forever battered by the Atlantic.

Footsteps in the sand speak of many people passing this way. Shot at Garrettstown Beach in October 2006. A very different shot to my previous Footprints in the sand. Remember a few weeks ago I explained how I backed up my photos? Good thing I have backups as my first external drive has possibly died….