Herb Riddle's photos with the keyword: Blacksod

A view from the back of the lighthouse here at Blacksod in Ireland. See PiP for previous front view and description. Best viewed full screen. Enjoy the day -stay cool!

Our trip to this end of the Belmullet peninsular gives us a look at the harbour (pip) and its unique castellated granite lighthouse. Through automation the lighthouse keepers have left but it is still open to visitors on appointment. A 150-year-old lighthouse, it sits resolute at the end of Blacksod’s working pier, where the catch of the day will always include wild Atlantic lobster. The area boasts jaw-dropping scenery and offers sanctuary for Irish whales and dolphins. In 1969 a man named Tom McClean rowed from Newfoundland to Blacksod Bay. He used the telephone in Blacksod Lighthouse to phone his sponsors, Gilette Razor Company. As part of his sponsorship deal he was to appear cleanly shaven when meeting the press at Blacksod Pier! www.greatlighthouses.com/lighthouses/blacksod-lighthouse Enjoy full screen.

We are on the Belmulet peninsula here not far from Blacksod. We come by a fascinating Stonehenge look-alike called Deirbhile's Twist. The village is called An Fál Mór (Fallmore). Please see the preceding photo for description of that. ps The big wavy metal object is a sign denoting the 'Wild Atlantic Way': 'The Wild Atlantic Way is a tourism trail on the west coast, and on parts of the north and south coasts, of Ireland. The 2,500 km (1600m) driving route passes through nine counties and three provinces, stretching from County Donegal's Inishowen Peninsula in Ulster to Kinsale, County Cork, in Munster, on the Celtic Sea coast.'. Wiki ** Keep cool in this dangerous heat today ! **