Cliffs at Galley Head

I should be used to these kinds places by now. The Wild Atlantic Way is dotted with numerous beautiful spots that it is difficult to tell which one would be the best spot. Unsurprisingly, the Atlantic side of Ireland faces the brunt of its fury. Imagine that waves would travel for hundreds or thousands of miles away to come crashing onto the shores of Ireland. What results is one of the wildest and most amazing collection of coastal scenery that I have seen. Over the centuries, the constant bashing of the waves would eventually wear down even bare rock, sometimes large portions of the land would fall into the sea, a lot of times forming sea cliffs.

Galley Head is another one of these places which have amazing cliffs. I have been to the Old Head of Kinsale a previous day and the cliffs were just as spectacular. Unfortunately, these places are hardly good for swimming, after all, we can clearly see what the waves can do to solid rock, imagine what it can do to fragile human bodies. Then again, it all depends on the local topography. One side of Galley Head faces the Atlantic, and the other side doesn’t. The water here is surprisingly calm here since it is not catching any of the Atlantic waves. It is so calm that I can see people even kayaking here. This is not something you can do with rough seas. I can see how the cliffs would soar high above the kayakers in the distance. I’m not sure how they got there in the first place though.

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