iapetus
The photo below is of the Irish Sea, seen from a little patch of wasteland on the edge of Donagahdee. Here, on this little patch of grass and whim bush, we used to race our BMX's as youngsters; we'd built a ramp and used to near kill ourselves flying over it, it was great fun.
Later, I would study the rocks around here as part of my failed quest to become a geologist. They tell a story, or at least they told me one, about Iapetus, Avalonia and Laurentia; about accretionary prisms, the curves and sweeps of these beautifully deformed rocks and the microscopic signs of the forces to which they have been subjected. I like these rocks, I have soft spot for them. Yes, I know I am soft in the head.
Today kids use this place as a test ground for their graphitti skills. "UFF", "UVF", and "Kill all taigs".
*sigh*
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