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Sligo to Dungloe, Ireland (4,395kms)

Aug 08, 2012

Snippets / Memories / Photos of the day:

• Another gloriously sunny day so second day in a row without the waterproofs on.
• The views today needed cinemascope as they just couldn’t fit into our viewfinder, even so the minimalist views we have we will share and let them tell their own story.
• We have spent a good deal of time climbing up and down to and from the Moor country amongst peat marshes / bogs so roads have often experienced some subsidence so the day has largely been like a roller coaster / fairground / bucking bronco ride with lumps and bumps and many experiences of readjusting direction and butts leaving seats. It has been strenuous but actually good fun….and no that does not mean I am ready to get on a dirt bike…EVER!
• In spite of all the challenges I had a sense that I did really well and Norm confirmed that. Another badge for me.



A view to St Patricks Purgatory (or so it is called) on Lough Derg beyond Pettigo. This remains a place of Pilgrimage and we couldn’t get a lift to the Island as there was a 3 day pilgrimage taking place. Probably just as well, we had a big day lined up.



Street scene in Donegal.



The things you find in a seaside town…the Circus was in town in Killybegs and this is how they advertise the show is on.



A view from beyond Killibegs looking back across the ocean to the Yeats Country (around Sligo) we had left this morning.



We didn’t find the cliffs we were looking for but heaps of peat being harvested and here is a stack at Creenveen drying with a sheep providing some perspective.



A view from on the mountainside down into Glencolumbkille where we had a welcome hot chocolate and ice cream and got some fuel.



A view as we descend towards Ardara.


Bits and Bobs:



Loved the sign for a bridge, must be something to do with the GPS people, we had just decided where it had sent us was nowhere near what we wanted and pulled over to put the next destination in.

Last nights’ Accommodation:

The Glasshouse, Sligo, Ireland


This was a surprise no matter how we looked at it. The decor was out there in your face, almost reminiscent of the 60’s with the bright colours. Big open bar areas and restaurant and lovely spacious room and bathroom with balcony as well which previous smokers had been grateful of as their ashes were testimony to. Food in the restaurant was beautiful and service good. The restaurant was a hot box this morning with the big windows and no blinds so we changed places on our table half way through to toast the other side. Free parking, handy to the town. Quirky but ticked all the boxes.



The Glasshouse, a determinedly modern building in a very old traditional town.


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