A ferry service with a large fleet of very fast smaller ships carrying a few dozen cars each would be better. If there was a departure every 30 minutes in both directions, and the journey time was about an hour, it’d be a good service and probably a lot cheaper than any bridge or tunnel over any part of the Irish Sea, except in bad weather, of course. But bad weather often closes bridges anyway.
11-minute video: https://youtu.be/VN4M-SaGOl8
🖼️ Выява дня: Ветравыя турбіны ў Ірландскім моры, 2009.
As we approach Dublin, coming up the eastern coastline, the weather was still clear enough to let me get this view of the Wicklow mountains capped with snow as a backdrop to the Arklow (2?) sea-based wind farm, which is still out of action after one of the turbines got struck by lightning and burned to a crisp. At least they've removed the lame blades now, leaving the pylon stub sticking forlornly into the sky).
#ireland
#wicklowmountains
#Arklow
#irishsea
map of the winds looks terrifying right now
https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=357.19,57.29,1870/loc=-29.759,56.569 #StormEowyn #IrishSea #atlantic #eowyn
For #MeerMittwoch here's #Blackpool
We like being beside the sea, and we love a good #pier so we had to walk along the one at Blackpool when we visited in 2010. It, the tower, and the trams were very nice. The rest of the town, though: oh God, no.
Water Drainage, Colwyn Bay, Wales. April 2006. Ref-11542
https://www.denisolivier.com/photography/water-drainage-colwyn-bay-wales/en/11542
#colwynbay #horizon #coastal #denisolivierphoto #drainage #denisolivierphotography #infrared #wales #colwyn #evacuation #sea #denisolivier #irishsea #coast #water
Killantringan Lighthouse
#fujifilmx10 #wigtownshire #irishsea #DumfriesAndGalloway #scotland #photography #fotografia #fotografie
Lovely Saturday evening, listening to some jazz, drinking barrel-aged stout by the fireplace, and watching live our local seal catch fish at Galway Bay.
If you feel your evening would be better with a seal, here is a livestream link:
https://media.heanet.ie/live/7d04a940e5c4a125642f245e1f7de465
This was such a good idea. I’m rejuvenated. #Mastodaoine #IrishSea #Beach #ireland