I caught crabs - any advise????

in Reflections4 days ago (edited)

Crabs!!!

No, no, no not those crabs!!

Ye silly buggers.

It was positively scaldy here in Ireland yesterday and Galway like most placed basked in delicious sun.

What do we do when the sun shines?

The beach of course.

The great thing about this beach is that while thousands thronged the city beaches, we knew about a little known sandy beach off the beaten track, but still only 25 minutes from our house, so off we went with Esky and picnic and beach toys.

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If there's one thing the boys love, it's the rock pools and little fishing nets.

They caught some little fish, some jelly fish and some crabs.

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Like all the fish the boys catch, none are harmed and all are released, like this crab here.

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When I released him I was also standing on this rock. It's a good job he wasn't the vengeful sort!

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He had a look and then clamoured sideways back into the water.

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Funky looking little dude.

The boys found them a bit scary, so I didn't show my youngest this close up.

It looks like an alien from a movie. Maybe this is where film makers get their ideas from?

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A nice flask of tea is always good! A cup would have been enough, but I made a flask so that I could have a few cups throughout the day.

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Thanks as always for stopping by everyone

Peace Out

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Can you swim there? I always get annoyed at UK heat as I can't find anywhere to swim! That crab is lovely. I watched 'Octopus" on Prime which was fun, all about octopus, and they said you shouldn't really see any creature as 'alien' because everything on earth is just where it is meant to be and is on earth, so we should respect and protect them as such. Something like that anyway. It made me think a bit, you know?

Anyway lucky you didn't get the other kind of crabs :P

Oh ya you can swim at almost every Irish beach. Although the kids were getting a bit freaked as there were tonnes of crabs scuttling about and loads of jellyfish too, but harmless ones.

I'll keep an eye out for that documentary. I love nature programs. We've been spoilt with Attenborough over the years.

No itchy crabs thanks be to God! 😁😱

Well I had a day at the beach to, not the whole day, just a few moments before sunset. I put the picture on photofeed.
Nice of you that you let that little crab.

Very good, you really can't beat the seaside can you..