Fun with the Tide

The beach is situated in the southern part of the Dundalk Bay, right at the mouth of the River Glyde. This positions for an impressive display. The tide to comes in over about a 2 hour period from about 2.5 miles out in the sea, but the last few minutes do not have the feel of a gradual flow. 

At the mouth of The River Glyde, the warning sign lets us know about the sinking sand, dropoff, and riptide that all suggest this sign is about as close as you should be while on foot.





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With the tide in, the mouth of The River Glyde submits...

Tide heading out...same perspective as above...The River Glyde becomes a riptide

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A late afternoon jog on the beach as the tide is roaring in means fast feet or wet feet. Not an easy feat (sorry).  It is a nice substitute for a personal trainer. 

Annagassan, where we are living, features a recently discovered Viking Fortress, as presented in this clip:

http://www.linnduachaill.ie/news/

With the tide out, there are several buried treasures, which might or might not also be 1200 years old!

Ronan proclaimed this was the top of a treasure chest. We'll keep searching for the key!

An old viking ship?

We did not bring our carbon dating instruments from Canada, but we are putting this buried artifact at about the 13th Century. Best guess anyway. 

The kids invented a great game called "Stick in the Mud, Here comes the Tide, Quick get the Stick before the Tide takes it out to the Sea!", or something like that. 

Great fun and only a few missteps into the cold water.