A Lingering Look at (Broken) Windows

Dawn’s Theme this week is Broken, here are a few broken and non-existent windows I have come across on my travels around Ireland.

Also linked to Ailsa’s Travel Theme – Broken, so I am killing two birds with one stone here!

Old farm building

Storm damaged house

Ruins of a church

Old bathing hut

Abbey Ruins

Walking in the Irish Countryside

Here are some photos from a hike yesterday in the Nagle Mountains, in North Cork.   Here again there is much evidence of trees that came down in the big storm, in fact we had to scramble under a lot of them that had fallen across our path.    Let’s hope that with the arrival of April we will see better and calmer weather from now on.

The After Shock of the Storm

At the weekend my friend and I went walking very close to home, in Currabinny Woods.   This is a popular walking spot, and has many varieties of broad leafed trees, like beech, oak, sycamore, as well as Scots Pine.    The woods are in a very beautiful spot in Cork Harbour, and have great views across to Crosshaven and out to Roches Point.   At the summit of the woods, there is an old cairn, and also a gazebo erected in years gone by so that the residents nearby could enjoy the view of  the harbour.

The main thing that struck us on our walk, though, was the devastation caused by the recent storm, and the amount of big trees that had been damaged.  Some of them were not uprooted, probably because of there being so many trees close together, but were ripped apart higher up on the trunks.   We hope that the live parts of the trees left standing will be able to continue to grow and heal themselves.

Even with all the damage, Currabinny is still a great place for a Sunday stroll.