Portaferry II about to leave Strangford for the eponymous town.
On the hour and half-hour.
@patrickjmb.bsky.social
@patrickjmb.bsky.socialPortaferry II about to leave Strangford for the eponymous town.
On the hour and half-hour.
@patrickjmb.bsky.socialField of daisies.
Audleystown nr. Strangford and looking up the Lough.
@patrickjmb.bsky.socialThe wonky sign to Ballynoe Stone Circle
@patrickjmb.bsky.socialBallynoe Stone Circle. Part of the circle, then the votive/petitioning hawthorn.
@patrickjmb.bsky.socialView up the approach lane - #Ballynoe Stone Circle
@patrickjmb.bsky.socialThe lane (holloway?) down to Ballynoe Stone Circle. Then the circle, the votive/petitioning hawthorn and the Rays!
Circle is over 33m in diameter and some of the stones are 2m high. There is a central mound.
@patrickjmb.bsky.social#Mournes (northern aspect) from Rossglass Beach
@patrickjmb.bsky.socialHoly well and bullaun stone. St John's Church. Local folklore often attaches religious or magical significance to bullaun stones, and the rainwater collected.
And thinking of the late @justrena.bsky.social who was very fond of the area around here #StJohnsPoint
#Lecale #LeathCathail
#SpéirGhorm
@patrickjmb.bsky.socialSt John's Church (10th or 11th C), marks the site of an early establishment associated with Eoan (John) son of Cairland, and in medieval times it was a chapel. An example of a small, pre-Romanesque church
#StJohnsPoint
@patrickjmb.bsky.socialView across the Irish Sea and the Isle of Man
St John's Point
@patrickjmb.bsky.socialSt John's Point Lighthouse
1. The approach
2. With the Mournes in the background
3. Mournes across Dundrum Outer Bay
4. Tower with the forghorns
@patrickjmb.bsky.socialSt John's Wort
@patrickjmb.bsky.socialMorning sun over Slieve Patrick
@patrickjmb.bsky.socialLady's Mantle in the morning.
@patrickjmb.bsky.socialStrangford Woods in the early afternoon heading towards Compass Hill.
The voices of a Robin and a Tit.
@patrickjmb.bsky.socialStrangford and the Lough
@patrickjmb.bsky.socialStrangford in the early afternoon.
Lad from New York about to send a drone up
Ní rachaidh siad thart.
@patrickjmb.bsky.socialHoneysuckle still in flower mode.
@patrickjmb.bsky.socialMorning, Light!
Cloudscape over Slieve Patrick
#Lecale #LeathCathail
#CountyDown
#SpéirGhorm
@patrickjmb.bsky.socialDrumlin beyond the Ash.
