A sunday in Kilkee

Another sunday basking in sunny Kilkee

Looks calm in the harbour:

Che watching over the boat..

 Incoming waves:

Incoming Waves

Seagull basking in the sun:

At least some are undisturbed by the rowdy sea

 Back from the dive:

Aughinish back to shore

 
 Pier view:

Enjoying the view from the pier

     Wave coming:

Incoming

     Gone for a swim:

gone for a swim...

  The Joker:

Boat: The Joker

  Nobody jumping today:

The boards...

Pollock Hole Swimmer drying off :

After the swim

A small note, to say there is a wonderful book:

 Kilkee Moments ( http://www.kilkeemoments.ie/ ) available in bookstore, which proceeds are going to the Kilkee Rescue Center.

Later a bit further north the coast, Waves in Doonberg Golf Beach :

Doonberg

Bodyboarding in Lahinch

Once more this september we are greeted by  a gorgeous weather, so yesterday afternoon, it was head down to the Beach ( Lahinch for a change ) to see if i could improve my body-boarding skills ( I did not ) and do more picture coverage with the GoPro camera.
Not the biggest waves, but it was all fun under a gorgeous sun :D.

Ready to go

Gorgeous sun over the surf

Happy days on the water 

Happy days on the water

The semi-pro

Pre-wipeout

The pro

Time to leave ...

Back to the land

Busy day in Lahinch

UPDATE: unedited raw footage

Raw footage bodyboard from Christophe G on Vimeo.

Bodyboarding under the rain

Last night we headed up to Spanish Point ( Co Clare )  for a surf session, well for me it was body-boarding, as i think I have given up any up of standing up on a surfboard ...  maybe I should try the long board...

Flat calm at the moment .....

Good waves, not big and quite regular, through very steep at times. The water was warm enough, but we had to support drizzles of rain...

On the water during sunset

That was also a good opportunity to test out my new toy, a Gopro camera.

Spanish Point view from the water

Post surf, pre dinner.....

After that it was time for Dinner, and a delicious pan fried monk-fish in Milton Malbay, before going back to Limerick.

My SeaSessions 2012

I went to my first SeaSessions in Bundoran last weekend.
It is a very vibrant, cool music festival, down by the beach, exposed to the Atlantic fury.

Weekend Pass

Brilliant line-up:

KAISER CHIEFS, THE MINUTES, REV RUN (RUN DMC) & DJ RUCKUS, THE CORONAS, SIMON & OSCAR (OCEAN COLOUR SCENE), HOT 8 BRASS BAND, BITCHES WITH WOLVES, DELORENTOS, THE ORIGINAL RUDEBOYS, JAPE, WE CUT CORNERS, TOBY KAAR, TIERANNIESAUR, DUNE COLLECTIVE, CRY MONSTER CRY

I headed up ( 3 and half hours drive ) Friday afternoon, after ensuring I had a proper tent in order. 

Once there, after parking into some unofficial field ( this would cause some epic muddy departure later ), I set up my tent, near the Tramore boys and girls.

cosy camper

After a couple of drinks, we headed off to the gig tents, and started to enjoying the first bands ( notably the minutes ).

Finished off Friday night with the Kaiser Chiefs, brilliant, even if i missed 4-5 songs - including "I predict a riot"... or may be it was a perfect timing - due to event independent of my own will .. and a lovely red haired called Heather - if it was ever to be her name - only to ( most likely ) never see her again.

On Saturday, we awake in the mud, and were back on the drinks, I focus my attention on the North tent, and we had a great gig with TierAnnieSaur ( check their album on band camp ).

TierAnnieSaur...

Tierannisaur...

Fashion sense, how not to wear sunglasses:

No fashion sense

Hot 8 Brass Band on the main stage... warming us up to the sound of Marvin Gaye song

Sexual healing ....

The coronas on main stage:

The coronas...

Lessons learned over the weekend:
#1: All bits are important in a tent... especially the tiny piece which goes on top, and prevent rain to get down through the vent.
#2: Take Monday off, you'll need it to rest after, despite the sleeping till 12am everyday.
#3: Never ever ask a girl's name after making out with her. Loud music is not a valid excuse, nor bad hearing.
#4: Even if you take your ticket alone, you always end up, meeting friends.
#5: A Nissan micra is not a car made for offroad driving... even if mine is quite good in the mud.
#6: Many girls always try to look pretty and stylish, even in the mud and in the rain... which is an impressive feature at times ( Remind me of Clisare video on camping )


Anyway I loved the SeaSessions, and will definitely think of coming back next year ( probably with a Monday off, so i can enjoy the Sunday bands ).

Parents Irish Holidays - Part 3 Donegal

Guinness for strength...

Heather Blooming

Sheeps on Donegal cliffs...

Donegal coastline...

Walking on Aran Mor

The Ferry to bring us back on land

Carrick-on Shannon pub ... Ireland coloured

Bundoran Beach

Walking on Donegal beaches of fine sand

Mum

Dad

The END

The End

Snorkel under the sunset

Another sunny day in Ireland, as a result I went for a short snorkel in WhiteStrand near Miltown Malbay (Co Clare) after work. Ended meeting the Burren SubAqua club on a small testing gear dive.

Ready to go in the water.... at least my fins are

Emerging from the not so deep

Great visibility and color - under water

Another nice sunset ....

Perfect Day...

Irish sunset on the beach

It seems Irish summer has come early upon us, as a result I decided to leave work early and enjoy the waves of the Clare coast... well that was the initial plan... Nevertheless it feels good to be out in the sun, on a beach.

Here's a couple of picture of the sunset of this gorgeous day in Lahinch:

Enjoying the surf

Sunset

Sunset and surfer

Thanks, it has been a good day at sea

Time to go home, buddy

The sun is gone Hiding