Most residents and visitors to Glandore Harbour & Village know this view. It's an unmissable sight not least because of it being on such a tight bend that any driver will get a quick glimpse of it as they turn the steering wheel tightly. During the summer months when many are following the Wild Atlantic Way it's not uncommon to find someone standing beside an open car door, motor running, holding up an iphone or other camera out toward this view.
I'd been out for the day, driving around in the car and looking for photo opportunities, and I had the invite to join a friend who was shore fishing in Schull Harbour. The days showery weather was being guided by a brisk Northerly wind, and after a couple of hours dodging and sheltering from driving rain and hail, and failing to make any satisfactory photographs, the chance of a chin-wag and a little banter seemed like a welcome relief. The footpath leading to where my friend was fishing passed alongside a burial ground and the ruin of St Marys Church.
Made over a decade ago, and thought to be lost in a computer hard drive malfunction; I was reminded of this photograph after meeting with a friend who had it as wallpaper on their phone. Back when I first uploaded it the image was well received on facebook being my most shared at the time. After thinking about how I wished I had printed at least one copy I decided out the blue to search through the deeper recesses of an external hard drive I use.
Looking out through the open doorway of our house; through horizontal stair-rods of rain I could see a tree in the front garden bending so hard that the tips of its branches were touching the ground. I really never thought that I would ever witness wind and rain like I saw that October. So it was uncanny to realise that the very same thing was likely to happen again and, coincidently, it would be 30 years to the day give or take a few hours.
I am walking along, looking for things to photograph; like I often do. I’m on the beach. It’s one of those bright early spring days where the weather has been calm and sunny for a while, and the sun’s rays are strong enough that a brisk wind blowing from the South carries a hint of warm Summer days to come.
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