Travel theme: Wind

Posted on July 31, 2015 by

I feel like a character out of Wuthering Heights right now, having just returned from a blustery, windswept walk with gusts that threatened to knock me off my feet and squalls that have left my hair looking, umm, rather more distressed than usual. As I’ve been struggling to get a comb through my tangled locks, I’ve been leafing through my photos to see if any of them could offer up a depiction of winds, gales, breezes and flurries of air. First up, Coney Island in the off-season, biting winds driving carpets of sand across the beach and out to sea.

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Kite Hill in Seattle is just about the best place to be on a windy day.

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A stormy day at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Sanctuary out in Queens, NY.

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The Pacific Ocean meets the Hawaiian Islands with a little help from the wind.

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xxx Ailsa

Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and I don’t worry about my destiny. – Carl Sandburg

Faeries, come take me out of this dull world,
For I would ride with you upon the wind,
Run on the top of the dishevelled tide,
And dance upon the mountains like a flame. – WB Yeats (The Land of Heart’s Desire)

About ailsapm

Hi there! I’m Ailsa Prideaux-Mooney. I’ve lived in many places, and travelled to many more. I had a lot of fun getting there and being there, wherever there happened to be at the time. I climbed a castle wall in Czesky Krumlov, abseiled down cliffs to go caving in the west of Ireland, slept on the beach in Paros, got chased by a swarm of bees in Vourvourou (ok that wasn’t fun, but it was exciting), learned flower arranging in Tokyo, found myself in the middle of a riot in Seoul, learned to snowboard in Salzburg, got lost in a labyrinth in Budapest and had my ice cream stolen by a gull in Cornwall. And I’m just getting started. If you’ve enjoyed what you’ve read so far, I’d love you to follow my travelogue - wheresmybackpack.com - and remember, anyone who tries to tell you it’s a small world hasn’t tried to see it all.
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  1. Sue says:
    July 31, 2015 at 11:23 am

    Hmm, interesting theme, Ailsa – I’ll see what I can come up with…

  2. Leya says:
    July 31, 2015 at 11:42 am

    Interesting – yes! I just don’t know if I can find something here…but, your series is great and my favourite is the first one.

    • ailsapm says:
      July 31, 2015 at 1:20 pm

      It’s a tricky theme for sure, Leya, but that’s half the fun. 😉 Yes, those shifting sands in Coney Island were quite an amazing sight, but boy did it hurt when the sand got in my eyes, I had to wear sunglasses even though it wasn’t sunny.

  3. aj vosse says:
    July 31, 2015 at 12:31 pm

    Ah the great Irish summer… like a breath of fresh WIND!! 😉

  4. restlessjo says:
    July 31, 2015 at 2:05 pm

    All lovely, but that first is the killer! 🙂

  5. maamej says:
    July 31, 2015 at 2:49 pm

    I love that quote from Yeats & especially your first pic. Great theme.

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  8. philosophermouseofthehedge says:
    July 31, 2015 at 3:51 pm

    The moving sand carpet of the first one is full of motion.
    Great pictures – can almost hear the various winds blowing in each one

  9. mickscogs says:
    July 31, 2015 at 4:03 pm

    Your wind photos are fantastc Ailsa. I love the sand; enemy of the camera. I live in a very windswept place but as it is not my favourite condition, I rarely photograph it. I’ll see what there is in the basket, or maybe photograph it myself this week.

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  13. Ulrike vom Bambooblog says:
    July 31, 2015 at 9:15 pm

    Great theme! Thank you Ailsa! This is my contribution: http://wp.me/p4YOtr-1ZG

  14. travelrat says:
    July 31, 2015 at 10:43 pm

    You want to hear about storms at sea? No? Then, how about this? Is using video to convey ‘wind’ cheating? I liked it, anyway! https://travelrat.wordpress.com/2012/08/13/international-kite-festival-semaphore/

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  16. tgeriatrix says:
    July 31, 2015 at 11:29 pm

    The carpet of sand shows perfectly the wind!
    Here is my wind image: https://geriatrixfotogallerie.wordpress.com/2015/08/01/catching-the-wind/

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  19. Anabel Marsh says:
    August 1, 2015 at 2:03 am

    Had to laugh at your first paragraph! I know exactly how you feel. My hair is short but thick and painful to comb after being out in the wind. My husband, who has little hair, just thinks I’m vain but I HAVE to comb it regularly.

    Love the sand picture the most.

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  21. pommepal says:
    August 1, 2015 at 5:21 am

    I actually love the wind Ailsa, it gives me a feeling of freedom, but it can be destructive too. https://pommepal.wordpress.com/2015/08/01/travel-theme-wild-wind/

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  26. cocoaevenings says:
    August 1, 2015 at 10:33 am

    Beautiful pictures for this theme. This theme stumped me! Took me some effort to find the relevant photos. Here is mine: http://cocoaevenings.com/2015/08/02/travel-theme-wind-power-and-livelihood/

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  28. Vladimir Brezina says:
    August 1, 2015 at 10:53 am

    Why did so many other kayaks overtake us in the 2014 Everglades Challenge? Wind power! http://windagainstcurrent.com/2015/08/01/wind/

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  32. Max510 says:
    August 1, 2015 at 12:39 pm

    Hi Ailsa, how are ? Wonderful series !
    Here my entry
    http://max510.com/2015/08/01/weekly-travel-theme-wind/

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  37. Indira says:
    August 2, 2015 at 1:34 am

    It’s a difficult theme. Taking a cue from your beautiful photographs I could collect these- https://amaltaas.wordpress.com/2015/08/02/travel-theme-wind/

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  45. Gayle Alstrom says:
    August 3, 2015 at 5:25 am

    Love the first photo the best.

  46. fayenorth says:
    August 3, 2015 at 7:41 am

    Some great images of wind, Ailsa. I went through my photos and found a few related images as well. http://destinationfiction.blogspot.ca/2015/08/travel-theme-wind.html

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