When the Irish talk about the weather the only choice is ‘a bad day’ and ‘a not bad day’.
As in “on a not bad day you can see all the way to the lake from the pass.” After a week in Ireland I think I would characterize the weather as changeable, extremely changeable.
Here are three photos taken one after the other…
The sun shining on the sea beyond Dunluce Castle…
We scramble in the car just in time to miss a sudden shower…
…and then a rainbow appears out the car window.
I’ve had a few updates on Irish weather as we travel south along the Atlantic Coast. The bartender at the Rusty Mackerel near Slieve League in County Sligo told me his favourite weather expression was “it could be worse. Of course that really means that it could be better, but that’s not bloody likely…”
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“If you don’t like the weather just wait a few minutes!” It makes for some beautiful skies and cool weather for sure.
Many years back I was travelling in Ireland and was stuck in a cafe in Sligo because of heavy showers. It rained for quite some time. I asked the waiter when the rain would stop. His reply was, “this is Ireland, we never know when the rain will stop”;-)
Hi A. I also submitted an Irish rainbow this week! And as an Irishman I can state that your ‘changeable’ is extremely appropriate. Cheers.
love the pics! and yes, rain = Ireland. But it’s also a country you can experience all four seasons in one day, so… hey ho. You get used to it!
Beautiful rainbow.
I have a rather large collection of rainbows from Ireland… no pots of gold, not yet anyway.
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