The first of last weekend's walks out, whilst in Northern Ireland, with Tom and Natalie, was to Sheskinmore, in Co Donegal This large area was very reminiscent of Islay and included beach, dunes, dune slacks, craggy 'lumps' and machair. Unsurprisingly this is the first of several blogs for the day, as not only was the flora stunning, the light was too. We keep saying 'you don't get the light without the rain' and my did it rain! So this blog gives an introduction to the day - before it rained!
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| Primroses in the dunes. |
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| There were lots of Early Purple Orchids... |
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| ...and the rare and hard to find, Dense-flowered Orchid. |
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| Dune slacks... |
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| One of the hilly 'lumps'. |
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| It was nice to see so much Juniper. |
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| ...and Mountain Everlasting. |
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| The Willow was certainly pollen-laden! |
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| Dramatic scenery along the coast. |
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| A summit of sorts. |
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| Another area where there were several Dense-flowered Orchids. |
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| The aptly named Bog Bean was perfect. |
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| Then down to the beach... |
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| With rumbles of thunder.... |
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A hasty lunch, keeping an eye on the weather....
Then it rained.... |
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