5th of July 2021.
Hello readers to a new week a new month and to the start of the second half of the year 2021. I won't dwell on the Pandemic but I am going to take you back three years for a little journey prePandemic. The wonderful @Bloghound inspired me to write this with her "they're just photos" comment on her The Happiest Place On Earth post yesterday and the hiking superstar @ARTicLEE also inspired me with a comment that he had never seen me post any hiking things anywhere, so Lee here you go, and please readers check out his first main post it is cool.
The legend
Northern Ireland was once home to a great big giant. This giant was called Finn McCool. As is often the case with humans and sometimes even giants, trouble was brewing. Over across the Irish Sea in Scotland lived another giant. This giant's name was Benandonner.
Benandonner was a grumpy giant and so one day Benandonner decided to threaten Ireland.
This of of course upset Finn. Finn was really annoyed and not happy and so he retaliated by tearing up great big pieces of the Northern Irish coastline and throwing them into the sea.
This new path that Finn created was called the Giant’s Causeway. It was big enough that it let Finn walk over the sea and get to Benandonner.
However this was a disaster!
A disaster I hear you say! - Yes, it was a disaster.
But why?
Well, it was a really bad idea. Do you know why?
Finn saw Benandonner and nearly peed his pants. For you see, Benandonner was massive, I mean absolutely massive, he was SOOO much bigger than Finn.
In order to save himself Finn turned back and ran as fast as he could to his home in Ireland.
His wife being the quick-thinking smarter one of the couple (isn't that usually the case) disguised Finn as a baby.
When Benandonner arrived at Finn's home, he saw a baby (and did't realise it was Finn). Benandonner quickly thought if the baby is that big already, then the father of the baby must be even bigger than Benandonner himself!
Now it was Benandonner's turn to be worried. So he ran back as fast as he could all the way to Scotland, tearing up and destroying as much of the Giant's Causeway as he possibly could.
And they lived happily ever after.
Now it sounds like a fairytale, or is it a giantstale I wonder!!
Thus the myth legend or is it the truth of the Giant's Causeway was born.
It really is a magnificent sight to see.
The boring bit
Science says that the Giant’s Causeway was first formed over 60 million years ago. It was created following a period of volcanic activity. The the lava cooled and created the amazing looking interlocking basalt columns. Each column is almost perfectly hexagonal in shape.
Whether you believe the science or the legend ( I believe the legend of course). The Giant's Causeway is an amazing site to behold, and if you are ever in Northern Ireland it really is a must do.
It is however, a lasting reminder of the beauty of Nature in our world.
I took these pictures when I visited in the summer of 2018, which seems like an eternity ago now.
There are of course volcanoes all over the world, and I know they exist in countries of you wonderful readers. Have you seen anything like this with these perfect shaped basalt columns? If so, please do write in a comment, it would be fascinating to see if this has occurred anywhere else.
Just along from The Giant's Causeway on the Antrim Coast is the scariest bridge I have ever been on. Perhaps I shall post an article about that soon, If I can dare look at the pictures that is.
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Each column is almost perfectly hexagonal in shape.--> this bit although it is under "boring bit" .. is actually amusing uncle! I am in awe at how these got formed.. legend or not it is still amazing!