24. Family Day Out

[pinikir]

So yesterday my parents and myself took a little boat trip to the gorgeous Rathlin Island which is just off the coast of Northern Ireland near the Giants Causeway. It really was a fantastic day. Mum and I walked 11 miles and in going I completed one of my 101 Things in 1001 Days and started another.

101 Things in 1001 Days
74. Go on a picnic

96. See 5 animals (zoos do not count) and 5 plants you haven't seen before. (2/10)
I saw seals and puffins! I am still over excited about this one. When I was a kid I fell completely in love with puffins and I finally got to see one! I stood on a bird watching platform with incredible binoculars and watched them in their nests and washing down below me on the grassy slopes!

The seals were also amazing. I inched out on rocks and seaweed to come within 10 metres of one sunbathing and got to watch 5 of them playing about in the water.

And whats this? Could it be photos of the trip and of the seals?


The boat we went out on:


The harbour:


The Island:




Seagull and Chick:


Picnic:


Seals:

Comments

[annalee]

oh my goodnes your hair's gotten long! I love it!

I love Rathlin island, as well. I could see it from Corrymeela, where I was staying in Ballycastle. The sweep of the two lighthouses was mesmerizing.

I miss you, chica. Keep on rocking on.

(and I totally want to see your West Wingt project!)

[pinikir]

*grin* thank you, I love it too even if it does drive me nuts sometimes!

*nod* it is an incredible sight., I just need to get you over here again and show it all to you. The bird place where I saw the awesome puffins was just behind the west lighthouse

I miss you too and I will descend on you at some point for a long visit/catch up. (if I knew which way I was travelling that would help!)

(oh you will! It is taking over my brain)

[theserubyshoes]

Thank you so much for sharing these pictures! I love, so very much, getting these glimpses into all-around-the-world from online friends. I wish it were possible to post the sounds....and the smells...of such a wonderful day of boating, picnicking, and being-by-the-sea-ing. And the puffins and seals, just out in the wild and all happy!!! How truly wonderful =D I'm so glad you got to have such a fantastic day, and thanks again for posting pictures--especially a picture of yourself. You're very beautiful, and it will take me some time to adjust from imagining you looking *exactly* like movie!Spock.

[pinikir]

Oh I really wish I could have given the sounds of the birds in their colony it was incredible, the cacophony of noise was incredible. I would love to know what they were all jabbering about!

I love being able to show a bit of my corner of the world off and see other people's parts of the world. I may never see the places and it is lovely to picture the places my online friends talk about.

*giggles* I love that I looked like movie!Spock to you, it is one of the coolest compliments I've ever got

[yohjideranged]

Gawd, I wish I lived in a place that beautiful...

One day though...one day...

Thank you so much for sharing the pictures. The seal heads in the water are just so cute! Right now, I can't travel like I would want to, so other people's pictures of what to me are far-away places are just wonderful!

[pinikir]

the seals were awesome, I swear they knew the camera was there and were playing up to it. I could have spent hours with them.

Day dreaming about travelling is always a great activity. I love imagining what I might do and see. I am hoping to make it around the world this year, working where I can to make it possible but planning the money and itinerary is a lot less fun than looking at pictures