Tip of Ireland

The Blasket Islands from Dunquin Pier, Dingle Peninsula

Thank you Kodzo for this beautiful card , I didn't even notice the sheep til after!

Sent: 8 January 14   Received: 16 January 2014   Travelled: 8 days

Bundoran, Ireland

 

Thank you Alannah for this beautiful view!

Received: 3 October 2013

Corbière lighthouse, Jersey

Corbière Lighthouse

La Corbière is the extreme south-western point of Jersey in St. Brelade. The name means "a place where crows gather", deriving from the word corbîn meaning crow. However, seagulls have long since displaced the crows from their coastal nesting sites.

The lighthouse is situated on a rock that is a tidal island. A causeway links the lighthouse to shore at low tide. There is an alarm to warn visitors to clear the causeway as the tide rises; still, there have been casualties among the unwary or unlucky. A plaque adjacent to the causeway commemorates Peter Edwin Larbalestier, assistant keeper of the lighthouse, who was drowned on 28 May 1946, while trying to rescue a visitor cut off by the incoming tide.
The lighthouse tower is 19 m (62 ft) high and the lamp stands 36 m (119 ft) above high water spring tides. It was lit on 24 April 1874, for the first time, and was the first lighthouse in the British Isles to be built of concrete.[citation needed] The lighthouse was built to designs by Sir John Coode. The beam has a reach of 18 nmi (33 km), and was automated in 1976.
The lighthouse at La Corbière is one of the most photographed landmarks in Jersey and is a popular tourist site for its panoramic views. In the evenings the surrounding area provides an ideal viewing point for sunsets.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Corbi%C3%A8re

 Thank you so much Tom for this beautiful of the lighthouse over the rocks!

Sent: 28 September   Received: 3 Oct 2013   Travelled: 5 days

My first from Jersey

Jersey is part of the ancient Duchy of Normandy, and is ruled by the Duke of Normandy—a title held by the reigning Monarch of the United Kingdom, though unrelated to those duties as king or queen of the UK.
Jersey is a self-governing parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy, with its own financial, legal and judicial systems, and the power of self-determination.
The island of Jersey is the largest of the Channel Islands. Although the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey are often referred to collectively as the Channel Islands, the "Channel Islands" are not a constitutional or political unit. Jersey has a separate relationship to the British Crown from the other Crown dependencies of Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It is not part of the United Kingdom, and has an international identity separate from that of the UK but the United Kingdom is constitutionally responsible for the defence of Jersey. Jersey is not a part of the European Union but has a special relationship with it, being treated as part of the European Community for the purposes of free trade in goods.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey

Thank you Tom for this lovely card from you vacation, I hope you enjoyed the walks there.

 Sent: 28 September 2013   Received: 3 October 2013   Travelled: 5 days