Cape Clear Island

On a very sunny day this week, I took a ferry to Cape Clear, Ireland's most southerly island.  It's visible from the second story of the house and I had seen it in the distance when I was kayaking.  I expected to arrive in some semblance of a village, perhaps a street lined with tourist shops, but the ferry let us off in a very quiet harbor with two cafes and a craft shop.  During the summer the island hosts language camps for students wanting to improve their Irish.  The place was very quiet-- only the sound of the wind.  The roads were all one-lane wide, lined with stone walls covered in brambles.  If I had any problems to ponder or any emotional depths to delve into, this would certainly be the place for it.. but as it is I just walked around, took in the scenery, and returned the stares of some cows and pigs.. I can kind of see it as a setting for another "Misery" by Stephen King, especially during the winter... Very beautiful though.

The ferry captain favored us with some Irish songs on the return trip.