into the mystic

In the last 8 days I have ...

• Stood on the cooled columns of a volcanic eruption

• Looked at the curling finger of the Ards Peninsula from the top of Scrabo Hill

• Walked through caves nearly a mile underground

• Touched a figure carved thousands of years ago in a quiet waterfront cemetery

• Huddled in a tomb built before the birth of Christ, awaiting the rays of the winter solstice sun

• Heard the ancient beating heart of the sea

• Felt the sun spread over the ruins of an island monastery

• Watched two lambs inch their way into the world

What is left, I ask you?

Bus tour to Van Morrison's birthplace this afternoon, of course!