On
one of days in West Cork when all the kids wanted to do was watch TV, we packed
them into the car (almost screaming) and drove south towards Bantry Bay and on
to Mizen Head
which is the most south-westerly point of Ireland. Mizen Head is home to the
Signal Station for the Fastnet Rock Lighthouse and is now also a very
informative and dramatically scenic visitor centre. It was so good that the
kids even stopped complaining about the long drive!
We
saw some amazing footage of how the Fastnet Lighthouse was manned prior to
building the signal station. In rough weather the lighthouse keepers on a
change of shift would be hoisted up onto the lighthouse on a harness followed
by their supplies!
These family photographs are getting easier!
Iman and I with shaky knees going across the bridge
And the view from the bridge
Iman was the one most excited to be at the most
south-westerly point (red marker below) but Ayden was the only one willing to
have a picture taken.
And one last complaint on the way home was we never
stopped at this lovely beach for a swim. And of course we were to blame despite
trying to get them out of the house all morning!!
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