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Galway and surrounds

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Don’t ever believe the Garmin SatNav – it lies. We ended up travelling for and hour and a half to cover 18 mins worth of distance. We knew this because we had done it correctly the day before. Later we instigated the google Maps app instead and found it to be superior. But really we didn’t care, we were looking around at the scenery anyway, and we had no time restrictions so we enjoyed the detours too.

Saw some more drywalls and some stock
I really like cows.

We drove between our place and through to Ennistymon again but then went on to a different coffee place in the Main Street.

Little Fox cafe – very green and environmentally responsible.

Had a great day driving around Clare County. Some of the roads are a little tricky to navigate but patience and concentration is required.

Slowly, sharing nicely……

The weather was better today and we headed out towards the Cliffs of Moher and decided we had seen enough from the Doolin jetty so decided not to pay for the parking and walk in the blustering wind for half a mile to look at cliffs. So on we went, the sat nav must have taken offence at our lack of inclination to pay to see cliffs so sent us on a long and winding road to Ennistymon – where we were yesterday. But today there was no rain, so clearer pics and more fun.

After morning tea we headed north as we had planned to and arrived about 40mins later. We found Galway lovely. Lots of old traditional buildings and decorated streets. So glad we went to see it.

Lunch venue – Sea food restaurant of the year 2018. We had fish and chips and it was beautiful.

Some lovely buildings all over Ireland and the blue stone appears all over the place. It really looks solid and long lasting.

County Clare, Doolin, Ennistymon, Europe, Ireland, Lough South

Out and about in County Clare – Ireland

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Weather today – foggy 15°C Drizzle – It is Ireland 🤪

We went to Doolin today which is the village 3 miles down the road. One the road through Doolin there are lovely shops and a pub called …. where there is live music every night of the week.

Street view
Street view
Interior of the pub with walls covered in US $1 notes and patches from Fire and Police personnel from all over the world.

Further down the road is the ferry to the Aran Islands and a view from the carpark towards the cliffs at the start of the Cliffs of Moher.

After that we went into a couple of stores which sell Aran Jumpers from the Aran Islands and there were lots of choice but none for me. I would like one but haven’t found ‘the one’ yet.

The view from our cottage
Same view – looking at the Atlantic Ocean
The Cliffs

Next we drove to Ennistymon (Ennistimon) – depending on the sign you are looking at. The rain was constant but my resolve is strong to get images for my blog and my memories.

On the way to Ennistimon
Main Street in Ennistymon
Our lunch venue – Ennistymon

During our time in Ennistymon we bought some bananas from a stall in the Main Street. It was a smallish stall but it had a large range of fruit and veggies. But the thing that intrigued me about the place was the HUGE range of countries that the food came from.

Veggie Stall
My bananas are from Costa Rica – Panama
A lichen on a tree in the street.
Colourful house in the street
Dry walls in Ennistymon
More fabulous dry walls
If there is a tractor on the road and you can pass – pass.
Fog in the afternoon – that’s our view today!