Saw my first Hoope the other day.
Out for a cycle and decided on a last minute diversion here (📷 Panorama). Just as I spotted, it spotted me and took off.

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Mt Gabriel behind a wall of sea fog.

The fog was rolling in, around, up & down all morning.

A bit like myself.

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Not a lot going on, on this wee hike.
Up the hill, coffee & chats about her long distance hikes with the lady we met, then down the other side.

We were lucky in that the squalls came and went either aide of us.

Thay was fun to watch over by Mt Gabriel and out by the Fastnet Lighthouse.

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Published in thirteen volumes between 1993 and 2007, the Mizen Journal was rightly known for the high standard of the articles they contained. A selection of these Journals are now available via Coolim Books. See https://tinyurl.com/4h2mf27m

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Another view of the standing stones at Foherlagh, between #Ballydehob and #Skibbereen in #WestCork, which are featured in my masthead. This time the view to the west with Mount Gabriel on the Mizen Peninsula dominating the horizon.

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Mizen Head Peninsula ruin on a clear winter's day.

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The wedge tomb at Ratooragh, on the Mizen Peninsula in West Cork, is a fine example of this type of monument. In the background you can see the radar stations on Mount Gabriel.

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The remains of one of two megalithic wedge tombs at Leenane near Crookhaven on the Mizen Peninsula with the Brow Head Signal Tower in the background. Image taken in 2018.

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The Flight into Egypt, one part of the rose window in the Church of the Most Holy Rosary, Kilcoe, between Skibbereen and Ballydehob. Commissioned in 1943, it was designed by Terence Clarke of Harry Clarke Stained Glass Ltd.
Happy Christmas to everyone.

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