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Category Archives: Castles
Sandcastles – Escaping the Walls?
We made it down to the beach a few times this weekend. Or rather, we made it to a few different beaches on Saturday. One of the scenes I particularly liked was looking over the walls of a dilapidated sandcastle … Continue reading
Posted in #Arklow, #Ireland, #SAFFER Worldwide, Castles, Dublin & Leinster Architecture & Other Interesting Sights, Family & Life, Photography, Walking
Tagged #Arklow, #beach, #blue, #fun, #Happy, #humour, #Irish Sea, #motivation, #photography 📷, #SAFFERWW Magazine, #sky, #surreal, #tongue in cheek 😈, #wave, sand, seascape, The Cove
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Seaside Saturday – Wicklow Town Visit
OK, we didn’t visit the whole town… just down by the harbour and surrounds. Part of the attraction down there is the remains of the once mighty Black Castle ruins. Well, if a place called itself a castle then surely … Continue reading
Posted in #Co Wicklow, #Ireland, Art, Boating, Castles, Dublin & Leinster Architecture & Other Interesting Sights, Factual Opinion, Family & Life, Local Curiosity, Local Places, Photography, Seasons, Travel, Walking
Tagged #Architecture, #boats, #Co Wicklow, #colour, #fun, #GLW, #history, #Irish Sea, #photography 📷, #RNLI, #sea, #Seaside Saturday, #travel 🛫, #wind, #YouTube, cold, harbour, ruins, seas, seascape, video, Walking, Wicklow Town
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Thursday Thought… Choices?
So… here’s the question… If you could (occasionally – weather permitting…) view this vista on a warm spring day… … would you mind calling this home? Rather difficult choice… don’t you think?
Posted in #Ireland, Castles, Castles, Crosses & Churches, Factual Opinion, Photography, Travel
Tagged #Architecture, #beauty, #buildings, #choices, #history, #Ireland, #Irish countryside, #Irish landscape, #outdoors 🔥⛺😎, #photography 📷, #questions, #travel 🛫, Co Kerry, ruins, Tangential Thursday, Throwback Thursday
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Seaside Saturday – Wicklow Town’s Black Castle Ruins
We’ve called into Wicklow Town a few mornings, last year. Wow… it sounds so far away… last year! This photo was taken on 17 November 2018 – really not that long ago. That pile of stone on the high ground … Continue reading
Posted in #Co Wicklow, #Ireland, Castles, Castles, Crosses & Churches, Factual Opinion, Local Curiosity, Local Places, Photography, Travel, Walking
Tagged #Co Wicklow, #colour, #contrast, #history, #Ireland, #Irish landscape, #Irish Sea, #outdoors 🔥⛺😎, #past, #sea, #Seaside Saturday, #sky, #time 🕛, #travel 🛫, #weekend, photos, ruins, Wicklow Town
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My Weekly Challenge – Z Meets Thursday Doors!
As today is the last of my weekly challenges and Z is the order of the day… why don’t we throw together the two… Z Doors? Do you remember the old Z-Braced doors? Well, so do I but there’s a … Continue reading
Posted in #Co Wicklow, #Dublin, #Ireland, Castles, Castles, Crosses & Churches, Crosses & Churches, Factual Opinion, Photography, Travel, Walking
Tagged #blog buddies, #blogging, #challenge, #Dublin, #Ireland, #life, #outdoors 🔥⛺😎, churches, doors, Dublin streets, ruins, streets
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My Weekly Challenge – O for Out There!
We’ve reached “O”… going along just fine. As I believe my blog is mostly a celebration of the outdoors I think I’ll use the word “out” as the photo tag to put together today’s gallery. As many of you know, … Continue reading
Posted in #Arklow, #Co Wicklow, #Ireland, Boating, Castles, Factual Opinion, Family & Life, Local Curiosity, Local Places, Photography, The Birds and the Bees, Travel
Tagged #autobiographical, #autumn, #beach, #beauty, #camera, #challenge, #colour, #Dublin, #GLW, #insects, #inspiration, #Ireland, #Liffey, #memyblog, #my blog, #outdoors 🔥⛺😎, #photography 📷, #Poolbeg, #rainbow 🌈, #Saffers 🇿🇦, #spider webs 🕸, #spring, #summer 😎, #sunset, #sunshine, #travel 🛫, #trees 🌳, #weather, #winter ❄, cold, South Africa, Walking
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D is for Dublin – My Weekly Challenge
D is for Dublin… or whatever you want D to be for. Dublin is one of those cities where you can find anything… and everything… apart from skyscrapers. Tall buildings are not in abundance. Dublin has many other attractions… from … Continue reading
Posted in #Dublin, #Ireland, #Royal Canal, Art, Boating, Castles, Castles, Crosses & Churches, Crosses & Churches, Dublin & Leinster Architecture & Other Interesting Sights, Factual Opinion, Family & Life, Fun and Food, Grand Canal, Local Curiosity, Local Places, Photography, Sport, The Birds and the Bees, Travel, Walking
Tagged #canals, #Dublin, #night photography, #Phoenix Park 🦌, #Poolbeg, #street photography 🎨, Co Dublin, Dublin streets, James Joyce, leprechaun, Marlay Park, Weekly Photo Challenge:
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Yesterday’s post has me in the mood for more summer! No, for more real summer! So, let’s see if I can dig out a few more happy summer’s photos to get me in the mood for the weekend! Oh, by … Continue reading
Posted in #Arklow, #Co Wicklow, #Ireland, Castles, Photography, Seasons, The Birds and the Bees, Travel, Walking
Tagged #beach, #blue, #butterflies, #clouds, #colour, #flowers, #green, #light, #macro mode, #sea, #sky, #summer 😎, #sunshine, #travel 🛫, #Trim Castle, bumblebee, dragonfly, Walking
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