There were information boards every few steps and, as there was so much history to read about, our progress was fairly slow, but did that matter? - no, we were carefree bears, making the last day of our holiday last as long as possible.
As well as stopping to read the information boards we also stopped frequently to take in the views over the different part of the city. Not far to the left of where are looking in our picture was the green hill which inspired the hymn writer Cecil Alexander to write the famous hymn, There is a Green Hill Far Away.
However, the focus of our attention at the time the picture was taken, was the famous area of Bogside. It looked quite peaceful as we gazed across it and we found it hard to believe that it had witnessed so much of the troubles in the city since 1969. We certainly felt very safe even though we were sitting in quite an exposed postion. We were fascinated by the artwork depicting the toubles appearing as huge murals on the sides of buildings. There are about 11 of them and we think we spotted them all.
It was so peaceful now that we could have stayed there all day, but Patrick reminded us there was more to see and led the way to the next interesting sight.
Lots of love, Patrick, Eddie, George & Yorkie xxx
2 comments:
It all looks very interesting but where were your wellies? We always thought you'd need them in Bogside in case you got sucked into a bog?! Duh! Perhaps we could all benefit from Patrick's local expertise in these matters!
Patrick says the bog got drained a long time ago, and only its name lingers on.
xxx
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