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>be in Ireland
>camping in various coastal regions because fishing
>travel to ‘must see’ beach called kinnagoe bay in Donegal
>arrive at small car park at edge of beach, far left in pic
>place is paradise
>beach is golden, water is clearest green/blue, hills surrounding beach are high, steep and pure green
>know from google maps there is a secondary smaller beach with a stream, resolve to get over there because stream = fish attracting feature
>get to end of first beach, a wild rocky outcrop blocks your path
>turns out there is a steep track going up and around the rocks but it’s not easy
>get to second beach after 20 mins climbing and clambering
>not even a footprint on the sand, difficult access has successfully kept out normies
>good, isolated times
>set up camp near the middle of the beach, on the sand rather than grass
Look at the picture. That second beach has a wide flat area between the sand and the hills. Maybe 200-300 yards of 4 foot high grass and weeds. Mostly in shadow in that picture. Hills beyond are covered in dense shrub and bushes, small trees. Insanely steep and impossible to get through.
>begin fishing
>flatfish aplenty
>was hoping for sea bass or sea trout or similar fishes, but flatties are still fun
>don’t see another person all day
>evening falls
>millions of stars, but moon is barely a sliver so it’s still really dark
>havent turned on headtorch or any lights at all because don’t want to scare away fish
>about midnight get tired
>get into tent to sleep
>wake up at 3am, gotta piss bad
>grab big spotlight because it’s at top of bag and can’t find headlight in the dark
>get outside tent, peeing in the direction of the hills
>swing spotlight up over sea of grass to see how far the beam reaches
>there’s someone standing there right at the edge of the trees
>just staring right back
