Hi all ๐๐ป
Today I want to share with you a walk I did when I started exploring my new country of residence, not that long ago ๐
It was along Bertra Beach or also called Bertra Strand. It is located in Thornhill, County Mayo ~ Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
With this post Iโm joining in at the Wednesday Walk challenge and Make me Smile challenge. That are hosted by @tattoodjay and @elizacheng every week on Wednesday.
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Wednesday Walk in Victory Park
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Todayโs selection will be of 38 PHOTOGRAPHS plus 1 VIDEO.
Date: 26 May 2023.
The Photographs in this post are all taken with my iPhone ๐ฑ๐ค
I will follow the time stamps on them. So it looks like you are experiencing my adventures on this #walk, to ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป #discover everything what I saw, like the little #details seen through my eyes and observe with me the stunning #scenery, #beach, #strand, #sea, #waves, #dunes and #mountains. ๐
The following screenshot is the location of this beach on Google maps, see the yellow star โญ๏ธ:
You can see it is more like a crescent shaped shore.
Zooming out a bit you see the following screenshot of Google maps:
This beach is west from Westport.
Do you see all the small islands?
Letโs start our walk from today ๐ are you coming along?
It is a nice day and the sun โ๏ธ is shining.
Just passed the parking area we find this sign with all the birds that visit this area regularly ๐ค
There is a path along the beach you can follow a little while until you can go along the beach further.
In the distance we see mountains โฐ๏ธ
Here we see the crescent ๐ shaped beach ๐
The water is calm and very clearโฆ
Looking towards the left.
Looking behind us we see the famous mountain #CROAGH #PATRICK of County #Mayo.
The fields in front of it are so green ๐ and we see some sheep ๐ playing along with some lambs ๐ฅฐ so cute.
If you look closely to the top of Croagh Patrick you see itโs chapel.
On the other side of the crescent shape we see another smaller beach.
As spring just startedโฆ we see lots of wildflowers around us.
Peaking over the stones, the beach behind itโฆ ๐ฅฐ such an interesting viewโฆ do you see the green hills and the shadows of the clouds on the mountains behind them?
A few more #flowers ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ look at their colour ๐ so prettyโฆ as Denise @dswigle says #alwaysaflower is needed in a post ๐ so letโs include some ๐ฅฐ
Ok okโฆ letโs walk further now, shall we go first a little bit along the dunes and then down to the beach?
You agreeโฆ ok ๐๐ป thatโs a good planโฆ letโs do that ๐
Our view in front of us:
โฆand behind us ๐
There is a narrow path we follow ๐
Looking at the sceneryโฆ so pretty ๐ฅฐ donโt you think?
After we followed the path briefly, we go down towards the beachโฆ as we donโt want to disturb the wildlife that is hiding in the dunes to much ๐ค
I capture this photoโฆ ๐ธ
Walking on the beachโฆ the breeze is lovely.
We see seaweed along the beach.
Itโs rather interesting to look at, as it is attached to a rather heavy rock ๐ชจ and it still got swept up on the beach.
The rock lies on the bottom of the sea floor and the seaweed dances in the currants along ๐ reaching for the surface of the sea/ the top. Little fish ๐ and other sea creatures ๐๐ชผ hide amongst them.
Letโs walk a bit furtherโฆ and enjoy the views ๐ฅฐ
Looking back, not many people are today here. So we are truly enjoying this peaceful walk โ๏ธ๐
The wavesโฆ softly crashing on the beachโฆ
Mountains in the distance with an almost cloud free sky.
Lots of shells ๐ we find. Do you collect shells? When you find pretty ones on a beach.
I do, but they have to be special ๐
I have never seen so many different kinds of #seaweed ๐ค All different in colours too. Very cool.
Have a look at this, what we find here. A crab ๐ฆ shell with blue, purple and red colours. ๐
We reached an area now that has some rocksโฆ and the waves are crashing onto them ๐ฅฐ I love this sound!
Wanna hear it?
OK OKโฆ HAVE A LOOK AT MY VIDEO OF THIS AREA AND LISTEN TO THE WAVES AND ENJOY THE VIEWS AROUND US ๐ฅฐ
So beautifulโฆ I hope you enjoyed this little video ๐
When we walk further a bit closer to the rocks we find this black crab ๐ฆ
(and noโฆ it was not alive anymore)
In little pools we see all different coloured rocks
Some little islands in the distanceโฆ
We hear splashes now on the rocksโฆ
Letโs capture them. ๐๐๐
And splash ๐ฆ ๐
We decide to walk back now along the beach.
It is an easy beach to walk along as the surface is hard so it is not difficult to walk over the sand. ๐
We turn aroundโฆ
We see some more seaweed attached to rocks.
When we reach the path again, we see some more spring flowers ๐ธ So beautiful ๐
View towards Croagh Patrick and the other smaller beach, with some houses in the distance.
Once we reached the car and started driving, this is a photo from the other side looking towards both beaches and those little houses ๐ก
โฆand here I say thatโs all for todayโs post my friends.
Join me next time for more #updates, #adventures, #stories and #photographs ๐๐๐ป Even some #artworks once in a while will come byโ ๐จ
Thank you so much for looking, and reading.
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Have a great Wednesday all ๐
Grtz Jackie
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!pinmapple 53.78940 lat -9.66196 long ๐ Letโs visit BERTRA BEACH, THORNHILL CO. MAYO ~ IRELAND ๐ฎ๐ช ~ Wednesday Walk with video d3scr
