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This what David Walsh says on his Recommended Excursions page: 'There are numerous beautiful day trips along this section of coast. The best may be High Island and Toe Head Stags out of either Union Hall area or Lough Hyne.' He goes into more detail in the main page of the site: High Island: 'This splendid steep, craggy, rugged, grass topped island is not for the faint-hearted. Any landing is from deep water onto rock, but there are two very sheltered coves on the N side, one facing E and the other W towards Low Island. The easier scramble to the summit is from the E cove, in proof of which I point to the blood on the rocks at the foot of the W cove, which is mine. The main nesting birds are Lesser Black-backed Gulls, and Shag. The main interest for the kayaker is the varied host of creeks and rocky passages on the Low Island side, and the sporting, surfing reefs and bumpy water generally on the outside, especially with a tide running. Low Island lies close by to the NW of, and is dominated by, High Island, its impressive neighbour. Landings may be had on the SE side facing High Island, or also on the NW side. In each case, land easily onto a sheltered pebble beach. The big goat reported in earlier editions seems to be gone and no longer makes camping insecure. However, camping is insecure in that the ground is very sandy, reluctant to hold tent pegs, and this type of topsoil is thought to be rodent friendly, and there are lots of them! The island is not dramatic.' www.oileain.org/recex.htm
The first time I landed there - some time before this was written - there were two goats, the big old puck and a female. The next summer - just the puck, and a whitened skeleton with a drumskin of brittle hide stretched over the ribs. Low island was eroding rapidly too: the 'waist' of sandy soil between the two beaches was much reduced and there may be little remaining to camp on by now.
This what David Walsh says on his Recommended Excursions page: 'There are numerous beautiful day trips along this section of coast. The best may be High Island and Toe Head Stags out of either Union Hall area or Lough Hyne.' He goes into more detail in the main page of the site: High Island: 'This splendid steep, craggy, rugged, grass topped island is not for the faint-hearted. Any landing is from deep water onto rock, but there are two very sheltered coves on the N side, one facing E and the other W towards Low Island. The easier scramble to the summit is from the E cove, in proof of which I point to the blood on the rocks at the foot of the W cove, which is mine. The main nesting birds are Lesser Black-backed Gulls, and Shag. The main interest for the kayaker is the varied host of creeks and rocky passages on the Low Island side, and the sporting, surfing reefs and bumpy water generally on the outside, especially with a tide running. Low Island lies close by to the NW of, and is dominated by, High Island, its impressive neighbour. Landings may be had on the SE side facing High Island, or also on the NW side. In each case, land easily onto a sheltered pebble beach. The big goat reported in earlier editions seems to be gone and no longer makes camping insecure. However, camping is insecure in that the ground is very sandy, reluctant to hold tent pegs, and this type of topsoil is thought to be rodent friendly, and there are lots of them! The island is not dramatic.' www.oileain.org/recex.htm
The first time I landed there - some time before this was written - there were two goats, the big old puck and a female. The next summer - just the puck, and a whitened skeleton with a drumskin of brittle hide stretched over the ribs. Low island was eroding rapidly too: the 'waist' of sandy soil between the two beaches was much reduced and there may be little remaining to camp on by now.
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