Crossing the border to Sligo !

Having spent so long photographing Mayo I almost felt guilty this morning crossing the border into Co Sligo in search of photographic opportunities !! I was meeting my friend , photographer, Monica Flanagan. We visited Strandhill , where Monica spent her childhood. Monica took me to “The Glen” a fault line in the side of Knocknarea Mo...untain. I would never have found it without someone to show me. Going through what looks like a small gap in the hedge you suddenly find yourself in this amazing and unexpected environment. Warm and damp it is full of ferns and trees both growing and fallen down, but all stretching for the light. The light from a photographic point of view was both exciting and frustrating. Contrary to the forecast it was a very sunny day making the contrast levels difficult to work with, so we spent alot of time just waiting for the sun to slip behind a cloud, or perhaps to come back out from behind a cloud and because the growth was so thick we could not actually see the sky, so never knew how long we had to wait !! we spent several hours there and would have spent longer only Ieft because I had to go to a job in the late afternoon! So I’ll definitely be going back!