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Europe » Ireland » County Mayo » Westport August 7th 2007

Driving around Ireland certainly isn’t as bad as driving in Australia - there is a lot more to see for starters! But today, we had a bit of a boring drive - through Sligo and onto Westport. We didn’t stop much along the way, and after a quick visit to the Tourist Info Centre to book our accommodation, we split up and went our separate ways. Ryan and KB wanted to check out the coastal sights, while Iz and I were more than happy to take the more direct route, straight into Westport. This is a charming town with flowering hanging baskets galore, a cute little river running through the town and quaint buildings to boot. It was a hot, sunny, afternoon, so we made the most of the weather, and strolled through the town’s streets ... read more
Driving Food
Westport Stream 1
Westport Stream 2

Europe » Ireland » County Mayo » Westport December 26th 2006

Croagh Patrick mountain Waking up nice and early I had breakfast packed a few snacks and made sure my bike was working alright then headed off to the mountain. After a short bike ride to pilgrims route up the mountain, during the summer there are 1000 of pilgrims that climb up the mountain to pray both Christian and pagan. They even have a huge festival type thing in the top near the summer solstice. I attempted to bike up as much as possible, which wasn’t that much I ended up half pushing half carrying it the first 500m then gave up and locked it up behind a little hill. The first section of track is rocky water eroded and very green, which moves on to an incredibly steep shale surrounded by grass and heather, but even ... read more
Croagh Patrick mountain
Croagh Patrick mountain
Croagh Patrick mountain

Europe » Ireland » County Mayo » Westport December 22nd 2006

Waking up at 5am we packed a bit more had quick showers and were off! The fog was intense barley able to see more than a car or 2 in front of us, but all in all much better than being at work! We filled up at the exorbitant Christmas diesel rate of 1.02 a liter(usually 0.92), and drove through the classic British Christmas scene white frost covered grounds and trees looking a lot like snow, it was really beautiful almost worth waking up so early=p I tried to get some pic’s but I’m not sure if they came out. Using the software Conor “sourced”(net) we were able to find our way through all the twists and turns magnificently, it has all the roads and maps for most of Europe so getting lost should be a ... read more
the drive in
the drive in
the drive in

Europe » Ireland » County Mayo » Westport October 18th 2006

The rolling green hills First real day in Ireland, as slept in Dublin for 17 hours after disembarking. Hired a car this morning and took off westwards. The roads! A "motorway" quickly turned into a single lane (in each direction) with stone fences lining them. THe 200km took more than 6 hours to navigate due to the shocking traffic through each town. Once we arrived in town we found our B&B (actually a pub), McCarthys. Nice set up, basic but clean rooms. Wandered down to the quay to take and took photos. Went to Matt Molloys for dinner and found some traditional music in the back room. The Cheiftans member owns the pub and his mates often pop by. A singer by the name of Mick Levelle stopped by at our table. (Just pulled up ... read more
Westport

Europe » Ireland » County Mayo » Achill Island August 9th 2006

We took a day trip to Achill Island today. We have decided that i will do all of the driving and that Karen would do the navigating. I am still getting used to driving in Ireland. The on-coming buses and trucks are scaring me to death because the roads are so narrow and the speed limits do not make sense - 100 kms/hr through residential areas of towns and villages!? We packed a lunch and had it on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere - sheep, cows and stone fences everywhere - beautiful. We explored the deserted village ruins at Slieve More on Achill - eerie and fascinating.... read more
Jack with New Friends
Atlantic Ocean from Slieve More

Europe » Ireland » County Mayo » Westport April 9th 2006

Achill Island Interesting name for a tiny, picturesque island off the west coast of Ireland. It might be tiny in size, but it holds the record as "biggest" island off the coast of Ireland ! Great place to spend a weekend off to escape the stresses of the urban life. I love driving around the country side and I happen to discover this place by chance as I was driving around the beautiful and tranquil Connemera coast. As of all Ireland, Achill is no exception - needs the sun to be out and about to shine its magnificent beauty of the landscape and coast line. During the west coast Atlantic sunsets - the islands, sky blue waters shimmers with golden hue on the reddish brown sand of the beech with ever so greenish background of the ... read more
Location
Rambler on the Minaun heights
The Cliffs lining the coast

Europe » Ireland » County Mayo » Cong February 8th 2000

Geo: 53.5435, -9.28601We stayed the night at Ashford Castle before driving back to Dublin for our flight to AMS.... read more
Ashford Castle
Ashford Castle
Ashford Castle




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