A birthday
walk.
Tim said he
would like to go for a walk on his birthday and I made the mistake of asking
where he would like to go. Of course he wanted to climb North Barrule - starting from our house. I
am not sure why people choose a North Barrule walk so often. It is quite an arduous climb from the glen because North Barrule is the second highest peak on the Island - 1860 feet - and our house is
only about 150 feet above sea level.
We crossed
the mountain road above Brookdale plantation and started up the hill. Below us we could see Skyhill, Ramsey and the
northern plain.
Above us the
ominously steep climb to the summit.
Eventually
we reached the path which runs along the full length of the ridge and paused to
look towards Snaefell.
Tim was
going faster than I was!
But I
caught up to take a photo of him and Leo on the summit. The views were spectacular because the
air was so clear that we could see all the surrounding coasts - the Mull of
Galloway, the mountains of Mourne, the Lakeland Wales
We stopped
at the top to rest and admire the view.
Then we looked for a more sheltered place to have a small birthday party
with coffee and cake.
It was a
magical walk. My photographs don't do it
credit because it was overcast on the mountain. We saw
quite a lot of white hares and Leo even chased one. Needless to say, it
was in no danger of being caught! There were also the first skylarks
singing overhead and we disturbed a group of golden plover on the hillside
above Guthrie's memorial.
In the
afternoon I saw the first butterfly of the year in our back garden - a comma.
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