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pinikir ([personal profile] pinikir) wrote2009-07-19 12:23 pm

24. Family Day Out

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:
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The harbour:
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The Island:
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Seagull and Chick:
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Picnic:
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Seals:
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[personal profile] annalee 2009-07-19 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
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!)
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[personal profile] theserubyshoes 2009-07-19 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
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.
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[personal profile] yohjideranged 2009-07-19 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
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!