A July Walk On The Flaggy Shore

This weekend we went for another walk on the Flaggy shore. It is a long time since we walked here - February - to my shame. 

At that time there had been terrible storms which flooded the nearby fields and destroyed a great deal of the road. You can see the damage in my February post.

The road has still not been repaired, driving along it to reach the parking place is still possible but difficult.

JELLYFISH ON THE FLAGGY SHORE AND IN THE FLAGGY WATER!

The weather was lovely and warm when we visited and people were in swimming. I didn’t get in. The sand was littered with jellyfish and there were thousands of them in the water.

I had a couple of very painful stings from the ‘Purple Stinger’ when swimming in Malta and I must admit I don’t want a repeat of that. Although I am sure the jellyfish on the west coast can’t deliver anything like the bang of its Maltese counterpart I was only tempted to do some some careful paddling. These happy swimmers showed no such qualms.

WALKING FOR ICE-CREAM

We varied our route ever so slightly this time as we took a detour to a homemade ice-cream cafe. It was positioned at mid-point in a walk - so as to test even the strongest of will power and believe me - my will power was tested and so what I enjoyed that ice-cream very much.

There were a lot of people there eating ice-cream and I suspect that ice-cream cafe may add 'purpose' to a lot of people's walks. As we left the cafe we came across this wall - dated, as you can see, with the year 2000.

GRANNY AND GRANDAD

The wall had quite a few interesting features - including this rather incongruous and bespectacled pair.

THE FINNVARRA MAN
To the side of the wall was this alcove. Someone had added some rather interesting graffiti, or was it a an original feature?

CASTLE NAMELESS

On the return route we passed this beautiful old castle and I will return to this page with its name once I find out exactly what it is called. 

JELLY-FISHING 
Returning to the Flaggy shore itself we watched this fisherman and wondered if he managed to catch any fish in the jellyfish cloud.

GENTLY FALLS THE SUN

Later that evening we watched the sun begin to set over the shore.

SUNSET ON FLAGGY SHORE

And later again we watched this beautiful sun set as the sky fell gently into darkness. 

I hope you enjoyed my visit as much as I did - and if so why not say hello in the comments. I would love to hear from you.

Bye for now,

Grace