Edenmore Bog Walk

One of our first days here in July, we went to this bog for a nice walk.  It was warm and sunny and no mosquitos!  On Sunday Steve and I went there again with the dogs.  This time I took pictures. 

This is the road you have to drive on to get to the trail head for the walk around the bog.  If there is another  car coming toward you, it is a feat to find a way to get past each other!

There was no one else there, so we let the dogs go off their leads.

The bog is where they grow peat or turf, which is used for fuel to heat the homes here.  There really isn't a lot of wood burning here.  It is usually turf or coal that people burn in their fireplaces.

That dark line is a wall of turf that has been exposed when the stuff in front of it was cut and harvested.

This is a pile of cut turf.  When we came in the summer,  these piles were all over the place.  It appears that  people can pay to have their own plot of turf to harvest themselves and burn in the colder months.  There were more people here in the summer and they were loading up trucks and vans with piles of turf to take back home.  The turf has a different smell to it - but not unpleasant.  Some people love it, some can't stand it.  I find it quite pleasant, but we actually have been burning coal these past few months.

The bog walk is quite lovely!