I just came across these pictures the other day. All of them were taken last summer after a road trip around County's Down and Antrim in Northern Ireland with my girlfriend, who took the majority of the pictures as I seem to suffer from spontanious bouts of Parkinsons. Anyway, perhaps it will give a bit of good publicity to Northern Ireland. Some people have asked me if there are parts similar to Sarajevo in Bosnia for example, I hope to show you there's more to the North than that stereotype.
These first few pictures were taken atop a mountain in Down just outside the city of Newry. This area is very close to the border (A few miles behind me from where I'm taking the pictures) Infact, I feel the pictures describe themselves better.
A sleeping mailman in his van, easily distinguished as the red, french van on the landscape
A quick drive up the main road visible in the above pictures took us to Newcastle, a small, coastal village in County Down. The beach didn't really interest me as they all look the same. I was more interested in the large forest park on the side of the mountain west of the village. I plan to go back this summer as I only explored around 6 mile of the trails. So more pictures then.
Impressive forest coverage, it's not often you see this here.
Quaint footbridge among other things
I had to get in the river to take this picture, it looked too good to miss. It did however make me look like a fool, but it was worth it.
Old bridge a bit further back downstream, again river
The next few pictures are from the north County Antrim coastline. Beautiful day it was too. There's a rope-bridge across a huge drop. Sadly I didn't get any pictures from it as I feared that in a moment of madness, I'd drop the camera. bah. I hope to get a few pictures from there this summer too.
I like the clearness of the water in this picture. It made me feel like I was not in Antrim anyway...
My favorite picture and my current wallpaper. I can't really describe it, then again, it doesn't need any.
And backward from the other side
So there you have it. A few pictures from both counties. I do have a few more, especially of the pictures from the coastline. Perhaps I'll post them later.
Any questions and I'd be happy to answer.
These first few pictures were taken atop a mountain in Down just outside the city of Newry. This area is very close to the border (A few miles behind me from where I'm taking the pictures) Infact, I feel the pictures describe themselves better.










A sleeping mailman in his van, easily distinguished as the red, french van on the landscape

A quick drive up the main road visible in the above pictures took us to Newcastle, a small, coastal village in County Down. The beach didn't really interest me as they all look the same. I was more interested in the large forest park on the side of the mountain west of the village. I plan to go back this summer as I only explored around 6 mile of the trails. So more pictures then.
Impressive forest coverage, it's not often you see this here.


Quaint footbridge among other things

I had to get in the river to take this picture, it looked too good to miss. It did however make me look like a fool, but it was worth it.

Old bridge a bit further back downstream, again river

The next few pictures are from the north County Antrim coastline. Beautiful day it was too. There's a rope-bridge across a huge drop. Sadly I didn't get any pictures from it as I feared that in a moment of madness, I'd drop the camera. bah. I hope to get a few pictures from there this summer too.

I like the clearness of the water in this picture. It made me feel like I was not in Antrim anyway...

My favorite picture and my current wallpaper. I can't really describe it, then again, it doesn't need any.

And backward from the other side

So there you have it. A few pictures from both counties. I do have a few more, especially of the pictures from the coastline. Perhaps I'll post them later.
Any questions and I'd be happy to answer.