The Burren

This really is quite a magical place – particularly when the sun is shining on the meadow at Gortlecka – in the Burren National Park – or setting over the wedge tomb on the high common at Parkanabinnia. I often wondered about the motivation for my Barbican neighbour Dick Butler who would disappear with his rucksack, sandwiches and camera to search out orchids in the English countryside. However having seen the Gortlecka meadow yesterday absolutely awash with the colours of the wild flowers – including literally hundreds of orchids – I think I begin to understand.