After biking to Baltimore, some of us headed out for a leisurely hike through town to the Beacon, which is up on a cliff.
The usual spectacular views ensued -- river, lush green countryside, jagged rocks, lovely water with sailboats, etc., etc.
But there was something different about one of the cliffs.
It was quite mooving in a way, so I watched, photographed and took videos for quite a while. This picture may make it a bit more clear.
Yes, there were cows on the cliff! A whole herd of them, and no farmer in sight! I thought cows were very valuable, so that farmers might want to make sure their investment didn't fall off the edge of a cliff into the sea or get dashed on the rocks below. But I suppose these are free-range cows. Or something.
You can also see them in this video panorama, particularly when the panning slows down around the end.
And oh yes, there was a Beacon as well. But it does't have its own lights. It's just bright white so it's easy to see.
The town of Baltimore has some nicely painted townhouses. Some of the chimneys are color-coordinated with the doorways (toward the right of the picture).
Down the road from our hotel in Baltimore was a ruined church. It is known as a "Famine Church" - one of the distinctive features, apparently, is the missing roof.
It has a nice graveyard overlooking the water.
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