#Sunset over Cardigan Bay, near #Aberaeron #Wales.
The sky below the cloud was so clear the horizon was sharp as a knife, and when darkness fell, we could see the Goleudy Ynys Enlli lighthouse on #Bardsey island at the tip of the #Lleyn peninsula 75km away!
1 Nov: feast of St. Cadfan the Breton 6thC founder of #Bardsey Ynys Enlili & Tywyn #Cymru #otd (Maldimo52/WMetcalfe)
#BookChatWeekly #AncientSky #MythologySky #FolkloreSky #WelshSky #CelticSky #KingArthurSky #BritainSky #Mythology #WelshMythology #CelticMythology #Folklore #WelshFolklore #CelticFolklore #Wales #Celtic #KingArthur #Arthurian #Arthuriana #Merlin #Britain #BardseyIsland #Bardsey
Ynys Enlli, or Bardsey, said to be the burial place of 20,000 Saints & now an important SSSI, is home to nesting Manx shearwaters and choughs, rare plants, seals & dolphins.
#YnysEnlli #Bardsey #InternationalDayforBiologicalDiversity
One of my favourite views. Late summer, 2024.
#Sea #coast #blue #island #horizon #Ricoh #photography #colour #blue #Irishsea #bardsey #nature #rural #peninsula #wales #coastalpath
Small black ceramic wren in front of branch of flowering yellow gorse with books by Irish writers.
"The wren, the wren, the king of all birds,
On St. Stephen's Day was caught in the furze"
#Wren made on #YnysEnlli #Wales
#GlobalIrish #heritage #nature #Bardsey #Ireland #culture #Christmas #StStephensDay #BoxingDay #Diaspora #ornithology #birds #IrishLiterature #migration
