During our trip to Ireland (where my daughter and I contracted COVID-19), we visited Mizen Head , "Ireland's most Southwesterly point". We all loved it there, with its spectacular geology and scenery, the wild craggy outcrops slicing into the battering Atlantic Ocean, spotting seals from above.


For me, though, the whole was made more reminiscent still by the Signal Station, a collection of buildings and towers forming a radio station and originally a lighthouse (which is now situated on Fastnet Rock). It was originally a research station for Marconi, but also formed part of the CIL, the Commission of Irish Lights:





The displays in the Signal Station are well worth visiting and spending time with, from old radio equipment to how the light- and… what? Radioguards lived. I know we all get used to most situations, butI could imagine spending far too much time gazing out of this window:

I was also transfixed by the music at the end of the video, which, after some research, I found to be Variation Nr. 1 - L’Istesso Tempo from Max Reger’s Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart. Look it up!
Finally, if you’re not sure where Mizen Head is, here’s a hint:
