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Murlough Bay... A New Sasha Story...

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11 August 2010

I took these wonderful photographs in July a couple of years ago when my mum and I visited friends in Dundrum.  I have been intending to create the Sasha story using the photographs for such a long time...

Finally... it is finished and on my website Murlough Bay...

For once I actually went prepared... Sasha's and Gregor, all their accessories and beach toys... camera... water and a rug for me to lie on (plus one for mum and her friend who preferred to sit a little further up the beach from me... but who also answered loads of questions from walkers who were interested in what I was busy doing... which was really helpful...)

The view of the Mourne Mountains sweeping down to the sea are (I think) the very best from the beach here... it is amazing and really stunning.

It was very funny doing this setting... I am not really one for photographing the Sasha dolls in public (or at least where people walking past can see me...) 

Anyway, mum and her friend and I had walked down to the beach and I chose the perfect place to set up... near to the sea... everything ready to photograph... when I realised the tide was coming in (very quickly) and I and my Sasha dolls were quickly sinking into a sand bank. 

While I had been busy... I hadn't noticed the sea surround me...  Mum and her friend had to paddle out to help me move everything further up the shore...  It was funny afterwards!!!

Mum said wistfully that she wished she had taken a photograph... but there wasn't the time...
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Brittany - Pointes Du Raz & du Van

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Pointe du Raz was a very touristy place when we arrived but it had all the amenities, toilets, shops and cafes. I bought a book of Celtic Legends of Brittany and a few postcards of lighthouses.



The beautiful statue overlooking the point seemed to be for sailors lost at sea (we may be wrong on this as our French is not all that good).






Pointe du Van was beautiful and wild feeling. The ground was carpetted in heather and low growing gorse sprinkled with wild flowers.


We loved the quiet only broken by the singing of the crickets. We stopped now and again to try and see them but we never did.


Neil took a photograph of me trying to get Sasha to stand on the rocks. It was quite a precarious position and I could imagine her going for a tumble.





As we drove away from the car park Neil had to stop as a group of 4 baby weasels were crossing the road. They were all in a jumble and suddenly realised the car was there and made an about turn and a made dash back for the safety of the gorse.




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Brittany - Brehec & Minard Point

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It was beautiful at Pointe de Minard.



The views in both directions of the rugged windswept coastlines were stunning.





Brehec was a pretty little village with a small harbour and a lovely flat beach.


We wandered along the beach to the rocks beyond and were rewarded when we realised they were the pink granite that this northern coastline is famed for.


We walked over them and sat for a while when I realised the tide had turned and we needed to head back before we were cut off from the village.








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Brittany - The Valley of No Return

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We spent a few hours walking around the Valley of No Return. Initially we walked up through the trees which allowed us an amazing view of the valley and the trees.


Legend has it that Morgan Le Fay cast a spell on the valley trapping unfaithful lovers within a wall of mist until they were set free by Lancelot ever faithful to Guinevere.


After an hour or so, Neil found a route down into the valley below, I let him make his way down first as it looked very steep but he waved to me that it was passable. As we reached the valley floor the walk changed as we returned following the meandering river to the beautiful lake, the Mirror of the Fairies.








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