Image of the day – 54

The town nestles beneath these mountains in a way that reminded us of Aviemore in Scotland, but Aviemore has no beach.

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What’s in an image? Sometimes quite a lot, more than meets the eye.

I’m posting an image every two days (or as often as I can). A photo, an image from the internet, a diagram or a map. Whatever takes my fancy.

Mountains of Mourne at Newcastle

We visited Newcastle in County Down, this is the town where my parents spent their honeymoon in 1947. It’s the place where ‘the Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea’.

The photo shows the properties on Main Street with the fine beach behind me. The town nestles beneath these mountains in a way that reminded us of Aviemore in Scotland, but Aviemore has no beach so Newcastle wins the beauty contest!

The name of these beautiful mountains also reminds me of a song, ‘Mountains o’ Mourne’, so here it is sung by Don McLean.


Images from our Irish holiday 2024

For convenience, here’s a list of all the Irish holiday images:

28th Jul – Welsh Botanic Garden, Robin, Fishguard
29th Jul – Wicklow Mts, Glendalough, Powerscourt, Rose, Greystones
30th Jul – Liffey, Temple Bar, St Patrick’s Cathedral
31st Jul – Newgrange, Battle of the Boyne
1st Aug – Monasterboice, Mourne, Thrift, Window
2nd Aug – Spelga Dam, Hydrangea, Pipework, Lough Neagh
3rd Aug – Coagh, Springhill, Portrush
4th Aug – Beach at Portrush
5th Aug – Giant’s Causeway, Carrick-a-Rede, Portrush

Themed image collections

The links below will take you to the first post in each collection

Cirencester, Favourites, Irish holiday 2024, Roman villa

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