May Bank Holiday Nature walk

Once May Bank holiday is here and gone we expect the summer to start right away with great weather and blue skies...

Be realistic, look around, the leaves are still tiny, the cherries and apple trees are still blossoming... Even the hawthorns are nowhere ready to bloom, so I say, summer can wait a bit more.

If you take a walk through the countryside you can really feel it very well. The green hasn't arrived yet, not really, the golden winter grasses are still hugging the hills and fields... Some trees are still naked even at the beginning of May, amazing this is spring for you in Ireland.

Just a bit longer, people, May Bank holiday is just over and the summer will be here soon before we know it.

For now lets enjoy the photos from this May Bank Holiday Nature walk 

 

Thanks for walking with me

Thinking of Oughterard

Today I was planning of posting something entirely different but then I came across those images of Oughterard in my data base and I just had to work on them a little and share them with everyone.

So here you go guys, here is me thinking of Oughterard:

Sunrise stars on Main street

Busy summer Oughterard, I just love the flags 

Crossing the bridge on Clifden Road N59

The best seat in Oughterard park 

The view from the surrounding hills towards Oughterard and the Lough Corrib

A beautiful random house from town

Nothing beats a sunset on the pier

Thanks for being here

More images from Oughterard can be found through the links on the right side of the posts

Nowhere in a hurry - Birchall, Co. Galway, Ireland

Lough Corrib, Birchall, Co. Galway, Ireland, 

This was a fabulous place, we used to love going there. 

Not anymore, because for the convenience of the fishermen the little crescent of land that is visible in the images at the back, bristling with bushes and wild grass was flattened with bulldozers. The place really lost its charm after that...
 
That day the light was really dreamy and luminous, there was a bit of fog drifting around, perfect conditions for photos.

These images are like a portal in time. Enjoy!!

Nowhere in a hurry

Thank you for the visit!!

LOUGH CORRIB from the Western Way

     View of Lough Corrib,just out of Oughterard on the way to the Hill of Doon

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LOUGH CORRIB snaps from Baurisheen bay

   Lough Corrib is a lake in the west of Ireland. The river Corrib or Galway river connects the lake to the sea at Galway. It is the second largest lough in the island of Ireland, after lough Neagh. It covers 178 square kilometers and lies mostly in County Galway. Lough Corrib is reputed to have 365 islands but a more accurate estimate suggests over 1200.