Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Tag: thrift

  • Mallaranny Saltmarshes

    Mallaranny Saltmarshes

    This is the season of thrift, the sea pink. There is so much of it about. The saltmarshes and machair at Mallaranny in County Mayo have a carpet of it happily grazed by the sheep. They must have a unique flavour.

  • Connemara

    Connemara

    Sea pinks and lichen on the rocky coast of Connemara. Oscar Wilde called it a savage beauty. Fading light and high tide amongst the ‘Inlets of the sea’. Inland more rock and bog, a place to explore.

  • Talwch ac arddangoswch

    Talwch ac arddangoswch

    Found a lovely little beach in Anglesey with my first Thrift of the year. I thought it was Talwch ac arddangoswch which I realised later means “Pay and display”. Doh, should have paid attention to reading the map. The correct name is Rhoscolyn. Open Space Web-Map builder Code