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Arrival at the airport
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Driving til Oldcastle, Co Meath for the first night, pints, and
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football! :)
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Happy Sven! :)
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Stop for lunch at Lough Erne, in Northern Ireland, just about to go back to the republic
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Welcome to Donegal! :)
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Donegal castle
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Donegal again
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swarm of rooks over donegal town
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On our way to Kilcar and Carrick
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We just had to stop! click here to see why in full size...
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Kilcar. The village where we found a B&B and the only place we could get dinner was the local chip shop....
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Climbing towards the cliffs at Carrick through the atlantic clouds
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Those sheep are mad. Far down is the sea...
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We found a lake on the way up. Cool!
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The cliffs! We were lucky there was a hole in the mist! Spot the seagull to get an idea of the grandeur of the cliffs...
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As the clouds thicken again, a rainbow shows its shy colours
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St Cathaleens falls Hydro station! The two diagonal pipes are the water falling from the lake to the lower river on the other side generating the power
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This is the reservoir viewed from the dam
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There is a path so the salmon can swim their way back up.
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Control panels! Asea 1950 - cool!
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The transformers on top of the turbines. The crane at the back lifts about 80 tons!
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Grandiose 50's architecture
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Bonduran golf course
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Welcome to County Galway (top north)
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The only people around here seem to be in the very numerous transatlantic planes hardly disturbing the calm nature. But even here, the background humming of 'the rest of the world' does not leave us alone. I wonder how many passengers are even aware that there is something so beautiful under their feet.
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Rob by the car.
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The country was yellow all over, covered by these flowers that smell of coconut! amazing :)
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This is the Kylemore abbey! We found it again after stopping last summer. Is it better in the rain and mist or in the sunshine?
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Welcome to Connemara. Amongst the stone walls and the abandoned farms, sheep make their way in the arid mountains and lakes towards beaches that could compete with the finest of carribbean gems.
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Hello!
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flowers grow in the rocks on the beach
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Rob enjoys
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Only in Connemara...
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Stop overnight at Loughrea, on the other side of Galway. Tomorrow, we head for Dublin!
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