Vacation 2018 Part 3

Tuesday September 25th, 2018

We had our breakfast and made our way to Ballina. We stopped at the Abbey in Sligo.

It was super rainy.

Then we headed to Ballina and Belleek Castle.

It is a very pretty manor house if you don't pay too much attention to details. It had too much mold in the bathroom. I would suggest booking a B and B in the area. The breakfast was good but obviously cooked and kept in warmers. it was huge. this was the only king size bed we had on the trip. if your interested in seeing the castle there are daily tours.

From here we headed to Achill Island. Then to Westport for a couple of nights.

Our first stop on the Island was a hike up a stream 1.2 km through sheep poop to see this megalithic tomb. Now is just home to fury catapillars and sheep... lots and lots of sheep.

I almost lost a shoe on the way back down. My shoes smelt so bad the rest of the trip.

The next stop was the Deserted Village.

This Sheep was giving me the stare down.

Then we headed to the beach. we went to a blue flag beach Keem. I know it is not really beach weather but we wanted to see what was at the end of the road.

Stay tuned for part 4

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