Herb Riddle's photos with the keyword: Tippe

It was not all green like this but there was a lot of this green sea-weed just in this corner. In other places I might have thought it some kind of pollution but this looked in good condition and so must be quite natural. This is in fact an old whaling station cove in County Mayo Ireland. Long since abandoned. Essential full screen

County Mayo in Ireland has its fair share of dilapidated dwellings. I suspect because there is a lot of land to people ratio, once a place gets old or someone leaves it, it is simply left to rot. Quite unlike most places around England itself where a building like this would soon be re-built to make a new nice property again. This taken near our holiday dwelling in the hamlet of Tippe near Belmullet. The sky was grey and quite miserable and so the old fashioned mono effect here suits the mood and time I think. The wall belongs to the old slipway running into ‘Blind Harbour’. See PiP Have a good day.

A first look at the area that we were to call home for a week. Our big windows looked down onto the loch and beyond. This sea-loch emptied twice a day to leave just wet sand. Behind me, the Atlantic Ocean to the north with the next land being Iceland (see PiP). The landscape you see here, was pretty typical of this whole part of Ireland, being practically treeless with mostly low lying hills. Almost like my home but with no people and sea. That being said, there were some spectacular hills, too. As you might imagine- scrambling across these jagged rocks was a bit dicey with a heavy camera around your neck :) but we both survived. Enjoy full screen.