After our half-day in Dublin we headed west again to resume our original itinerary to drive up the Atlantic coast. Unfortunately another few hours spent on freeways, but we arrived at Galway just on nightfall and managed to find a caravan park at Salthill on the water. Our neighbours were a couple from Mackay QLD in another Just Go motorhome. The next morning we arose at 8am to a beautiful sunrise and set off northwards.
Today we saw the (off-freeways) Ireland we’ve been missing. Fantastic countryside, lots of little towns, church and castle ruins, narrow one-lane bridges and tree-lined roads. We stopped off at a little cafe in Ballinrobe run by a 3rd generation family. Merryl was intrigued by the bottle of milk sitting all day on the table, presumable for tea/coffee topups. Then it was on to Westport, a historical port town with lots of character, where we had lunch.
As we drove on, we noticed a castle off the main road and headed off to investigate. We discovered the the little town of Mullaghmore with its spectacular castle and coastal scenery and you can check this out on the video.
Finally it was on to the popular coastal holiday town of Bundoran to spend our last night in Ireland. This place would be buzzing in summer, but we were the only van in the lovely little Travers caravan park for the night. Topped it off with Irish stew and guiness at the Riverview, a typical little Irish pub. Tomorrow we will hightail it for Dublin where we will catch the searoad ferry back to Wales to continue our trip of Wales and Scotland.
