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Join me Today for PART 2 of my adventures at KYLEMORE ABBEY were we will wander from the Victorian Walled Garden towards the Abbey/ Castle back along the road where the bus 🚌 drove and I show you what I saw along the way 😎 like the CONNEMARA PONY, an antique FIRETRUCK and much more…

With this post in our lovely #community this Friday I join in at #MarketFriday by @dswigle - Denise.

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Today’s selection will be of 32 photographs.
Date: 16 July 2023
The Photographs in this post are all taken with my iPhone 📱🤓
I will follow the time stamps on them. So it looks like you are experiencing my adventures with me, to 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻 #discover everything what I saw, like the little #details seen through my eyes wandering around the #Estate of #Kylemoreabbey. 😊

The location of the Estate of Kylemore Abbey you find on the following screenshot of Google maps shown with the yellow star ⭐️:

If you missed my first post from last Wednesday you find PART 1 here: 🏰 🌸 “KYLEMORE ABBEY/ CASTLE and its Victorian Walled Garden 🌼🌹” in Connemara County Galway - Ireland 🇮🇪 PART 1 ~ Wednesday Walk
(DON’T MISS OUT ON THOSE VIEWS 😉 so have a little peak… I promise, it is worth it)

More information about Kylemore Abbey you find on their website: Kylemore Abbey!

Tickets cost see screenshot of their website : Source!

So 2 of us payed €32,- for the full day and we could visit everything in the estate, including entry to the abbey and gothic church. (More posts will follow 😉)

Let’s start our walk for today. 😊
Are you coming?

As we walk away from the walled garden we see next to the tea house 🫖☕️🧃 a field and this sign.

The sign tells us;

The Connemara pony is Ireland's only native breed. Famous for being hardy and sure-footed the pony evolved in the western part of County Galway, known as Connemara. This area of rough terrain, rocky landscape and wet harsh climate helped develop a breed that is strong, sturdy, resilient and adaptable.

Traditionally used on the farm to pull a plough or bring in the turf from the bog, the pony was also the only means of transport for many living in this barren area. Most families could only afford to keep one pony often a mare whose off-spring was sold annually to provide much-needed income. Any animal that couldn't carry out the tasks on a daily basis was replaced, and this difficult lifestyle helped the Connemara pony develop its trademark stamina and adaptability.

Though much of the pony's history is based on legend with a history that some believe dates back to the Celts, it is said that horses on board ships from the Spanish Armada, which ran aground off the west coast of Ireland in 1588, interbred with the wild native ponies in the area. Additional strength and stamina was added in the 1700s with the introduction of Arabian blood. Other introductions were also made but too much crossbreeding began to dilute the pony blood lines, and so steps were taken in the early twentieth century that would to the pony’s preservation and improvement.

And here they are… let me #introduce to you the CONNEMARA PONY 😊

Surrounded by this breathtakingly stunning scenery, WOW 🤩

Let’s walk a bit further so we are closer by…

A mare and her foal.

We find another sign that has a lot of information about the pony:

I walked further and take the following photos. Such beautiful pony’s. I am no ‘horse person’ but I soooo appreciate their beauty, especially in this setting 😎

The foal looks at me what I am doing hehehe 🤭 and walks away from the mare.

Not to far… just a little bit.

And lays down to rest… 😴😴

I capture 2 more photos of the mare alone…

Last one 😉

Let’s walk further along the path… we see some more Monterey Cypress trees 🌲

Beautiful details in the bark… and the moss growing up is cute.

About half way back along the path there is a little building and in front of the building we find this antique #firetruck:

So cool… they used it on this estate. 🚒🚒🚒🚒🚨

The little motor 🤓

Great they kept it and restored. Not everything is attached but we get to see how it looked back in the days. 🚨🚒

Shortly after, as we walk further, we find a waterfall 😎
The estate has a waterfall… awesome.
Let’s have a look 😊

The stream come from the high mountain behind the estate.

On the left side is a large grass area around some more trees 🌳 where I found many different mushrooms 🍄 I will share them soon 🤓

One last time, a look at the waterfall. Beautiful, I love the sounds of waterfalls. So powerful.
Do you?

We are passing by a lough/lake now… it has the following sign next to the path:
Have a read 📖

Part of the 9 pines… they are so large. I can’t get them all in the photo.

So old… 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲

I take a quick photo before more visitors walk by… 📸 believe me those pines are huge.

Along the path we find some instruments you can play with.

Sadly some tools were gone. But one could use a rock, the chain is for heavy winds to hold it together. 🌬️

Just before we reach the Abbey again I find this beautiful tree 🌲

Look how it grew 🥰

We reached the abbey again after this long stroll back along the path the bus brought us the other way. I will share with you next week the Abbey and much more 😊 so stay tuned!

…and here I say “that’s all for today’s post my friends”… join me next time for more #updates, #adventures, #stories and #photographs soon 😎👋🏻 Even some #artworks once in a while will come by” 🎨
Thank you so much for looking, and reading.

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Grtz Jackie

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