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| Michael Herrmann, our club pro, & trip organiser. |
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| Members and guests waiting to go! |
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| Port Magee harbour |
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| Leaving the Harbour for the Skelligs |
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| Another of the small boats following us out! |
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| Photo taken along the banks of the harbour approach. |
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| Our first view of the Skelligs, Little Skellig on the left, Skellig Michael on the right! |
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| These boats run at about 18 knots, so they can soon cover the 18+ miles to the rock |
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| Little Skellig on the Starboard side. |
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| This island is completely covered in birds, and cannot be landed on. |
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| The old mans face above on left of photo! |
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| Skellig Michael dead ahead! |
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| Our trusty professional Michael Herrmann on the left, wide angle lens loaded! |
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| The green of the vegetation on Skellig Michael! |
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| The landing pier. |
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| Now on the rock! |
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| My first Puffin of the day! |
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| From here on are beautiful scenes everywhere! |
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| Members checking the equipment! |
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| This photo caught my eye! |
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| He just sat and posed! |
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| Climbing towards our first stop, the current lighthouse! |
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| Lets dance!!! |
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| At our first stop the lighthouse! |
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| The winding path in the background, is where we head next. |
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| The current light behind us as we climb to the old light! |
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| Current light well behind us now. |
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| Winding our way to the top! |
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| At last the old light is reached. |
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| The current light is well below us now! |
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| The ruins of the old dwellings! |
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| The remains of a two story house! |
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| The old light tower with no roof left! |
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| The remains of the old staircase to the light! |
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| A very ornate structure to the old light! |
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| Some detail of the old light! |
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| One of our members John Dowd, is a well known Irish mountain climber, and has scaled to the peak of this rock. |
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| Don't go near the edge is hundreds of feet to the water! |
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| Where the rock was blasted to build the old light, there was just enough room to construct the light, see how close it gets to the rock higher up! |
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| A bedroom of an old dwelling just hanging on the cliff edge! |
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| Wow good measuring to construct this close to the rock face! |
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| Our professional Michael, with a couple of members! |
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| Well above the current light! |
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| Where the staircase to the upper floor was originally fixed to the wall. |
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| Yours truly feeding a gull some of my packed lunch, 'Birdman of Alcatraz' comes to mind!...Lol |
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| He even stole a piece of my chocolate bar. |
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| This gull sporting his ring on his right leg! |
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| A long way down even to a high dive specialist! |
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| Michael inside the current reflector! |
All photos Pentax K5 Pentax 28-200mm & Sigma 18-50mm F2.8
