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Walking on the Wilder side of Mayo
By ansel
25, Aug 2009 - 22:55

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Light and shade - hurricane remnants from the Gulf of the Carribean sweep through the Doolough Valley and on to Westport and Castlebar reminding us all about climate change.

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A beautiful Mayo River with plentiful supply of water running down after the wet weekend

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Partry Mountain Sheep checking out the view

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Rain sweeping into the evocatively named Tawnyard Lough

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A river gorge cascading down into the Erriff heading towards Killary Harbour

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On Sunday last it was hard to tell the roads from the rivers with all that tropical rainfall - but the likelihood is that this is a river and not just a series of potholes waiting to be filled when the rain stops.

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Rain on the windscreen - a sight that many tourists saw this week in Mayo

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A remote road where you can stop and take a photo without fear of anyone coming behind you - is that rain or sunshine on that mountain in the distance?

 



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