Endless changes of Courtmacsherry Bay gladden the heart

Here, on the side of Courtmacsherry bay, where there’s so much unimpeded space in front of one’s nose, the world is lit with an overwhelming brightness after storms or rain, amazing not simply because of the contrast with the non-view of the last time one looked, but because it can be brighter than summer.

Views are generally longer in winter, anyway, because the air is less dense, less pollen laden, perhaps less hazed out by heat ( if it’s a lucky summer) and winter blue is more

intense than summer blue, and the sharpness in the air heightens the sharpness of the view. However, “the sand flats in golden light, and sea and air all shining bright” give a great sense of space to the world.