The weather was great for a walk yesterday - light breeze and some sunshine....Lough Fea is an important resevoir in the Sperrin Mountains and it is a beautiful area. It is about 10 minutes drive from Cookstown where we live....a path has been created around it and it is a popular place to walk. The walk is about 4 km long and there are all sorts of little twists and turns on it to add interest. It also has a weather station there and if you live in the U.K. you will often hear the name 'Lough Fea' mentioned and it's lowish temperatures in the wintertime. Our Grandchildren love to go there and throw stones into the water...there is a small play area and a picnic area too. When we were younger we used to cut turf (peat) around this lake and we used to spend a whole day there bringing our food with us and how good that food and tea tasted after working hard in the fresh air. Nowadays very little turf is cut to protect the bogland. We noticed yesterday that we couldn't hear any larks as they were an almost permanent feature when we were there years ago. It is a very peaceful place and one feels absolutely renewed and refreshed after a walk there. These photos were taken last Autumn.
Lovely pictures, Joyce. I look at the top picture and imagine the "wee little folk" probably living among the toadstools:) tfs
ReplyDeleteAah Cindy you have a wonderful imagination! At the moment the moss doesn't look like this as we've had very little rain for some time (and only want enough to water the gardens!) and it's all looking very dry and not as luscious as this.
ReplyDeleteJoyce, I can remember years past when rain was just not coming and we had a water-ban in our area. Well, we have a de-humidifier in our cellar and used to use the water collected daily from that to go out and water what plants we could - mostly the flowers and veggies:) They survived but the grass turned brown and the trees were stressed. This past March we had so much water we would have gladly shared with those who needed it.
ReplyDeleteSure hope you get rain soon, as I'd like to think Ireland is living up to it's moniker, the Emerald Isle!
FAb Joyce, guess where I'll be headed over the weekend, if I can twist his arm!!! great pics!!
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