This month’s slideshow is from a trip to County Mayo in Ireland with Jamie Hancock, Jack Hunt and Andy King during which we had a chance encounter with Timo Mullen and Peter Volwater. The idea of the trip was to check out some new spots that we found on Google Earth, as it turns out the main spot, Cross Beach, is regularly sailed we just didn’t know that! It’s a fairly tame beach as far as west facing beaches go in Ireland and well worth a look if other beaches are a bit big.
County Mayo is as gorgeous as the rest of Ireland although with its own rugged and rocky charms not as bleak as the northwest but with more wilderness areas than the south. One of the highlights for Andy and I was seeing a large otter crossing the road as we left Cross Beach one afternoon, so if you do head over there keep your eyes open as you drive around and you might be as lucky as we were. If you don’t see any otters I’m sure you will see a few rainbows!
Words and pictures Brendan Pyatt – © umi 2009
