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Killybegs
KillybegsWe left Killybegs at 09.30 and arrived in portnoo at 18.35. WE went ashore in afternoon to Killybegs. its a desolate town, a reminder of what it once was. today, all is quiet, supermarket closed, hotel closed, fish factory on minium. we walked 1k to garage to get diesel as fuel depot on pier was closed and luckily got a lift back from a local woman. she is married to a fisher man and was telling us about the changes occuring there. fishing boats now fish so far out it is easier to land in Norway and so no fish arrivibg back to Killybegs which is seriously affecting the local economy. we had a dodgy fish and chips and a pint and went back on board. we left Killybegs at 09.30 and sailed past rotten island in glorious sunshine. we had no wind for the next three hours as we headed west towards raitlin o birne but it was HOT. we past sliabh league cliffs at 594mts spectacular! but as they say all good things come to an end as we turned north to the sound the rain arrived and we spent the next four hours fighting our way north in
the wet with the wind on our nose. if it wasn't for the jackets that ray bought in penny's we would have been soaked. Arrived Portnoo 18.30 picked up a visitors mooring went ashore, chicken and chips (very good) and a few pints (very good also) we were so tired at that stage sally would have slept on a pig fight.
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