Climb

View: Sugar Loaf to Killiney

A radiant late afternoon.

My companion (9 and 363/365ths) had this to say about climbing the Sugar Loaf: we parked the car in the car park and we we could see the mountain and the tiny figures already on top. We started to walk to the shoulder. We had to climb because it was so steep. It was very rocky. We saw a raven. And larks ascending, singing all the way until they went invisible, though they kept singing after we couldn't see them anymore. And a fierce mountain dog - he was shrunk to handbag size by starvation; he was looking for inattentive children to eat so he could become a big dog again. And three motorbikes racing and we could smell their oil. And so many people walking that it was like a shopping trip because the parents were carrying their kids. Then we went home to play with Lego Minotaurs. You can make your own dice.