So we climbed ever higher and higher...it really seemed that we would never see water again, we climbed so far and so much!
and then around a bend and there it was off below us... still seeing Dingle in the distance.
Now you could look back and see where we had been just a while ago.. as the road seemed to deviate so much back and forth along the incline!
A close up shot showed the point around which the home of Charlie Chaplin was situated... but we wer e still climbing.
The stone walls below and along the roadway really brought to mind stories of the peoples who have lived here in a long ago past.
I love this next photo.. our guide was ecstatic that we could barely make out the outline of the mysterious island of Skellig!A wild land set apart for wonderful wildlife!
Both of the Skellig islands are well known for their seabird colonies, and together comprise one of the most important seabird sites in Ireland, both for the population size and for the species diversity.
Among the breeding birds are European storm-petrels, northern gannets, fulmars, Manx shearwaters, black-legged kittiwakes, common guillemots, razorbills andAtlantic puffins (with 4,000 or more puffins on Great Skellig alone). Smaller numbers of choughs and peregrine falcons can also be seen.
The surrounding waters teem with life also. Grey seals are common, and basking sharks, minke whales, dolphins, beaked whale, and leatherback turtles have also been recorded. The islands have many interesting recreational diving sites due to the clear water, an abundance of life, and underwater cliffs down to 60 meters (200 feet).
I have always loved this song by Loreena Mc kennitt
I love how Skellig lies in the far away mists off the tip of Dingle!!
Skellig. home to the puffins!
and we traveled higher still.
If you look in center right you will see an ancient form.. a round walled fortress called a Ringfort.
and the road spread higher before us!
until we came to an overlook. Looking back form whence we'd come the land was green and far below us..
standing form high up above here I could easily focus in on the round fortress and really wonder were fairies and leprechauns the guardians of this land..
then we noticed this jolly old elf... I mean goatherd sharing his pet with us..
And by the carpark center sat another jolly Irishman named Thomas, who had some friends as well.
of several varieties.
If you know me I had to get down and get personal... so sweet
so fluffy and soft!
the next 10 minutes my mind was figuring, now exactl how can I get this wee creature into my arms and onto the bus without being noticed... for I had promised myself I'd bring home a wee lambie if at all possible!! This was my chance!
