Watch dis: Here comes the misty misty mountain hop! Thick fog thwarted a warden and inappropriate clothing our plans to make it to the Ben bulbs. This is the one pictured above mountain. We are stuck in all the tricks in the rain and hail - in the summer. Then come to go.
But first things first: The Ben bulbs is a 500 m high Table Mountain, right on the coast, a few miles from the port of Sligo situated away. Not only for its interesting shape and location so close to the water he has some fame: But also, the Irish writer William Butler Yeats in Drumcliff, below the mountain, buried. The Grave we wanted to not look at, but actually get up the mountain. However, the warden had given us a not entirely correct information on how we get the best bus in the vicinity of the mountain. So we have risen to a part of the mountain that has been exploited by mining because of its once large barite deposit.
Such are the fronts of the mountains from the coast of view. This pinnacle we wanted to leave right hand and climbed on its left neighbor. Below the parapet once more from the side:
and again viewed from the valley:
But then came rather suddenly very bad weather from the Atlantic. We were near the top, but in rain, hail, sudden cold and windy but we decided to turn back. To this was added that the ground was quite slippery and very muddy anyway. One must not challenge indeed.
I still made up a photo, we were estimated to 300-350 meters. Then we went down again carefully:
how we did it then also not made it to the pit. However: Very briefly times searched in google and you'll find quite experts in barite mining at Ben bulbs. Even though I - you know the internet yes never - will clearly point out that I do not think worth following to enter the tracks and tunnels, as you can see here also:
So: Attention! Not the Ben bulbs go underground and enter old plants! This is dangerous!
Well. What you want then do: Before the Rain was already everything was foggy, then after the sun came out again and there was more mist everywhere. Photography was almost impossible, very polarizing heights. At sea, the haze looked quite good out, but because the camera viewpoint and the depicted church lay a few miles fog, was the prospect down the mountain to use no more than color image. So get out color, high contrast and sharpening. In the background the mountains of Donegal.
In Germany, they are almost extinct at Ben bulbs we are without that we have especially sought after, two frogs encountered.
Then, towards evening, happened what Lukner Geert Jan-called "Scandinavian Light Show": Related completely flat, but still very "white" sun and dark clouds in the background towers. On beige house walls brings the great contrasts. Here, only the currently ubiquitous prefabricated houses to the site. Both pictures are so out of the camera:
Back down we went by bus. A little anecdote: On the outward journey by train, we would like to have booked the trip from Maynooth. That would have been less distance than 20 miles from Dublin to Sligo. But to our surprise, the map of Dublin 12 € was more favorable than the shorter route.
Not only that, the card from Dublin with student discount cost 12 euros more than the normal price. Did not you? I watch again: The return
We would become the Sonntagabendzug but too expensive. So we decided to take against our environmental awareness but once the bus. Interesting is the advertising that BusÉireann for the summer rates, because after all, after the Mossad action fake Irish passports in the Kitchen.
We would become the Sonntagabendzug but too expensive. So we decided to take against our environmental awareness but once the bus. Interesting is the advertising that BusÉireann for the summer rates, because after all, after the Mossad action fake Irish passports in the Kitchen.