Been there

An update in songs....

Been there, done that, messed around....I'm having fun don't put me down,
Bullet Proof (La Roux)

i love the quiet of the night time, when the sun is drown in a deathly sea
Death (White Lies)
yes this fears got a hold on me

It's a cruel cruel world, to face on your own,
Heavy Cross (The Gossip)

But every time it rains,
Youre here in my head,
Like the sun coming out--
Cloudbusting (Kate Bush)
Ooh, I just know that something good is going to happen.

Traffic Jam at Black Head

There was a traffic Jam in Black Head this Saturday:




the reason: the start of LEG8 of the Volvo Ocean Race ( Galway to Marstrand )

As the boat left Galway, they come fast along SaltHill:


Loads of boat came to visit the race, and accompany them along the irish coast


As they pass the lighthouse, they all started tacking to take the inside route, between the Aran Island and the Burren... much to our delight:


And here's the chinese-irish competitor






Some boat came quite close from the shore (here Delta Lloyd ):




Finally everybody wished a goodbye and safe sailing top the Dragon:

King Seal

Seal program tagging in Ireland:


Mobile phone for seal, i love it...

The data is available:
http://sealtrack.ucc.ie/

Other seal links:
Irish Seal Sanctuary

Irish Corals.... Deep

The Irish Marine Institute, has published on youtube one of his latest expedition... and yes there is coral reef in Ireland.

Part 1 - 4


Part 2- 4


Part 3 - 4


Part 4 - 4

Ocean Racing

Spend the weekend, traveling along the west coast:

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First to Galway to see the arrival of the Volvo Ocean Race 7 leg, brilliant atmosphere in town, and it was nice to see so many chips in the bay, especially at night when they escorted the wining boat.
And what a welcome, six thousand drunk Irish straight out of the pub ( 2 am closing time ) welcoming 7 sailer after 7 days at seas. Brilliant. The whole town was buzzing with the event, you almost felt like on a French marina on a sunny Sunday. After that i move to the other side of the bay ( Black head ) where i've got a glimpse ( it was dark around 3-4am) of the Irish boat : Green Dragon.

Finally i drive down to Doolin, to discover a nasty South South-West swell, preventing any boat launch there. So we finally decided to retreat to Kilkee, launch the boat, and try a couple of dive sites:
- the pinnacle was undivable, with breaking waves on the top of it ( due to low tide)
- bishop island turn to be a disaster, only 2 got down, but give up due to bad vis and swell at 25 meters.
Not a great day for diving.

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Being a tourist for another weekend - Part2

Another weekend touring Ireland.

Saturday: Blarney Castle and the traditional kiss of the stone.


Inside the castle


Adn where everybody lining up fro a kiss of the stone


I've been surprised by the garden, this time,



And at the end of the tour, as a reminder of how changing is the weather in Irleand is... a beautiful blue sky almost cloudless.



On the next day we moved further south, in search of more sun, and ended up near Drunmore East.





And try to see the ship coming near Ireland, like that man:

Like the Metal Man in Tramore would say: "Keep out good ship, keep out from me, For I am the rock of misery".

Disturbing some seagulls on the way:


And even if we found some inviting signs, we did not go swimming:


Next week end back to Scubadiving...