Today we are
going to travel to Northern Ireland to
Carrick-A-Rede
in County Antrim
To the rope
bridge which you will never, ever, not in a million years, get me to walk
across!
Originally
it was a single rope hand rail erected by fishermen over 23m-deep and 20m-wide
chasm to check their salmon nets.
The National
Trust has replaced it with a two-hand railed rope bridge.
If you are
brave enough to traverse the rope bridge and reach Carrick Island you will be
rewarded by the diverse birdlife with an uninterrupted view across to Rathlin
Island and Scotland.
Don't forget
though, here is only one way off the island - back across the swinging bridge!
Don't look down!
Photo credit: Felix Friedmann
photographer
Photo credit: The National Trust
FOLLOW ME
He
said, will you follow me to the ends of the earth
She
said, to the sun and moon and back until rebirth
He
said; hold my hand and we will travel together
She
said, don’t let me go, stay with me forever and ever
He
said, put your faith and trust only in me
Look
out on the wonders of this world, at its beauty
Behold
the glory of nature, the miracle that is human
She
said, I see and believe in you, that is certain
He
said I will love you always; it is you I have chosen.
Even the pictures make my stomach do flips. I guess it would take a love and trust like in your poem to make me cross it.
ReplyDeleteThat is some bridge! I think I'd cross it as long as I didn't look down, though I don't know if I'd be as brave back when it was a single rope bridge. Love the poem and Happy A-Zing. :)
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures but never in a million years could I "cross that bridge when I came to it".
ReplyDeleteI would hate going across this bridge but i'd probably cross it if i was there just because! I love a challenge!
ReplyDeleteLove the poem, beautiful and filled with romance. Defines romance. But that rope bridge, nice, but never ever gonna cross it!
ReplyDeleteLovely poem! That bridge would be a challenge for me, but I'd love to try to cross it!
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