I've been working in Kilkeel today, the 'Capital of Mourne' - and my birthplace. It was a lovely day so I took Charlie, in the hope that we might get some time to go for a walk.
At lunchtime I went for a stroll down the Kilkeel river from the old Bridge Bar to the Rooney Road - I can recommend it - urban, yet with traces of the old field walls and hedges along a burbling brook. Very nice.
On the way home (later than planned, as ever!) We came up trumps with a walk along the Mourne coastal path at the Bloody Bridge. A favourite spot since childhood, and for good reason.
At lunchtime I went for a stroll down the Kilkeel river from the old Bridge Bar to the Rooney Road - I can recommend it - urban, yet with traces of the old field walls and hedges along a burbling brook. Very nice.
On the way home (later than planned, as ever!) We came up trumps with a walk along the Mourne coastal path at the Bloody Bridge. A favourite spot since childhood, and for good reason.
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| bluebells everywhere |
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| a dizzying drop |
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| rock flora - I need help with identification! |
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| the remnants of the metamorphosed shale which overlayed the Mournes granite intrusion |
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| looking South, towards Kilkeel |
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| rockery |
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| Charlie on the coastal path |
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| not sure what this is either |
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| the old Bloody Bridge, from below the new |
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| Charlie takes a drink |
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| a violet nestled in the undergrowth |
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| any clues? |
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| stuck! Charlie could not get through (had to take him via the gate!) |
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| path to the old Bridge, and up the Brandy Pad |
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| the Bloody Bridge River |
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| the old road to Newcastle |
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| the new road and bridge is much higher |
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| babbling stream |
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| the old road to Annalong |
