We met our tour guide last night. Her name is Wilma. She's German, but has been residing in Ireland for awhile now.
Our day started off wet, and stayed wet. I really don't remember much of the route we took. It was a lot of hills, and lots of driving rain. But, it was a lot of fun too !
We started off at our hotel - the Connemara Gateway Hotel in Oughterard and biked to Rossavel port, and caught the 1pm ferry to Inishmore, one of the Aran Islands. We stayed at the Aard Einne guesthouse. The landlady was totally Irish, and welcomed us. And, she kindly offered to dry our clothes, and shoes. Which was a priceless offer - I was walking in my own swamp at that point.
There had been talk of biking out to see Dun Angeus - a 3000 BC fort. But, our wise tour guide offerred to find us a van to take us up to the fort. Dun Angeus is up on cliff. It took us about 20 mins to walk up. Its beautiful. Its three walls built out of rocks that were broken from the bottom of the island and brought to the top. The walls are shapped in three half circles right up to the cliffs
It was fascinating to think of the people who lived there.
We ended the day with a lovely supper at Aard Einne. Blessed sleep......
Our day started off wet, and stayed wet. I really don't remember much of the route we took. It was a lot of hills, and lots of driving rain. But, it was a lot of fun too !
We started off at our hotel - the Connemara Gateway Hotel in Oughterard and biked to Rossavel port, and caught the 1pm ferry to Inishmore, one of the Aran Islands. We stayed at the Aard Einne guesthouse. The landlady was totally Irish, and welcomed us. And, she kindly offered to dry our clothes, and shoes. Which was a priceless offer - I was walking in my own swamp at that point.
There had been talk of biking out to see Dun Angeus - a 3000 BC fort. But, our wise tour guide offerred to find us a van to take us up to the fort. Dun Angeus is up on cliff. It took us about 20 mins to walk up. Its beautiful. Its three walls built out of rocks that were broken from the bottom of the island and brought to the top. The walls are shapped in three half circles right up to the cliffs
It was fascinating to think of the people who lived there.
We ended the day with a lovely supper at Aard Einne. Blessed sleep......
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