It felt like walking in Jurrasic Park. With the ferns surrounding the hill, I thought there will be a dinosaur that will be showing up and chasing us.
It's me and my husband's night walk. This is our bonding moment. Just 5 kilometres at night at least 5000 steps and that will make up my 10, 000 steps a day. We started early around 6:30 pm as I have to be home to get the school stuff ready for tomorrow.
This time we are going at the Scrabo. Like we always go here for a stroll most of the time at the Tower or at the Killynether Woods. We enjoy the panoramic view at the top but this time we went on a different way. I never knew there's another nice walking grounds here at the Scrabo Hill.
This would be exciting!
If losing some calories is not enough motivation may be a stunning view up here will make you walk more.
You got a lovely view of the fields and the Strangford Lough.
There are many couples, some families with their dogs are out here this time of night.
Some path are narrow. Everywhere you look is nature. Plants trees and the Scrabo stones all over the place. Speaking of plants, ferns are everywhere. Ferns are one of the oldest plants on earth. Stegosaurus and triceratops favourites!
And on some paths, I will be scared walking if it gets dark. Some trees look enchanting that if I don't hurry up walking I will be left behind.
Also plenty of blackberries everywhere. Some people come just to pick some berries to make it a jam.
The South Quarry
My husband knows that there are quarries here but didn't remember being in them. So now, we explore it together.
This is interesting let me tell you about the Scrabo Hill. This is a very unique place in Ireland as this hill is formed from the sandstone of a kind nowhere else in Northern Ireland. It's capped by a very hard volcanic rock called 'dolerite'.
You can imagine the noise in this place on those days because for 800 years Scrabo Stone was quarried in this hill.
You know the Albert Memorial Clock that I shared from yesterday's blog? That is made from Scrabo Stones. Our Newtownards Town Hall and the Scrabo Tower are all made from Scrabo stones.
This is now a haven to wildlife. Birds made this their new home.
The North Quarry
So at the Scrabo Hill, we have North and South Quarry. As you can see these quarries display mud cracks, ripple marks, current bedding and volcanic intrusions which is fascinating to see.
At the end of our walk I can say I made my 10000 walk for the day!
What an absolutely wonderful time we had! The place is unreal and walking is such a pleasure. The Scrabo Country Park is one of the beautiful places that you should visit here in Northern Ireland.
