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Category: Northern Ireland
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The North Antrim coast is absolutely stunning in winter, but only misinformed tourists and mad eejits would bother to venture up that way; there’s nothing but horizontal rain, wind that could sweep you into the sea, and cold that cuts right into your core. Still, if you’re lucky, you might end up getting some nice…
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Dunluce Castle sits atop a rocky outcrop on the Antrim coast. It is not a particularly hospitable looking place, but there was once a bustling market town here. Unfortunately, it was destroyed in the uprising of 1641. There’s been a castle on this site for centuries; an Irish fort probably existed here before the first…
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These Sunday shots are serendipitous;the harsh autumn midday glare washed out so many of my pictures, I ended up turning them black and white in post to salvage them. Then I discovered that others worked even better in black and white, whether they were exposed right or not. To paraphrase that RJD2 track – “some…
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Just a wee post signposting the way to a new photo collection… of elephants.
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Belfast’s street art is absolutely world class. Saw this last night & it’s a new favourite, mostly down to all the cool wee details. I’d quite like to see a DeLorean face off with an actual Tangi next rioting marching season.
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Belfast Lough as seen from Smelt Mill Bay, Bangor – so called because once upon a long time ago there was a lead mill here, powered by the river that flows into this bay from the glen behind this view.
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The Long Hole, for the uninitiated, is the name of a small harbour in my hometown.
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A view from the imaginatively named Seapark on the outskirts of Holywood, Northern Ireland. For the unitiated, the Stena Line ferry links Belfast to Scotland. That Seatruck ship brings lorries from Europe. I think.
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Sunset from the longest day of the year, named part II, because there’s a different version over at my 365 project. (UPDATE: now abandoned project! :( )
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Donaghadee was the original site for regular ferry crossings to Scotland, which started from here, over to Portpatrick, in 1662. It had issues though, with wind direction & accessibility, particularly for larger vessels. It would be the Post Office who eventually stepped in and improved the harbour at Donaghadee,in 1825. The lighthouse was added in…
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Greyabbey was established in 1193 and was around until about the middle of the 16th century when it was dissolved. It made a bit of a comeback in the 18th century but then a new church was built on a nearby hill, bits of which are still around today as St Saviour’s (with some additions.)…