21/05: County Dunegal
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
Tonight Guiness and a Bulmer's cider were the drinks of choice.
Leaving Dunegal town, we drove west to the coast and Slieve League, a mountain on the Atlantic Ocean with some of the highest sea cliffs in Ireland. Of course it was overcast and rainy but least no fog!
Looking down at the cliffs.
We hiked part way up the mountain for better views. See those white dots in the photo,
they are bags of rocks. We're guessing that they are dropped by helicoptor and and used to make stepping stone paths.
Last year this map of Ireland was finished and put on display. Each section of the map is a piece of carved rock from the county. The photo doesn't do the map justice (but it was raining when Ed took the photo).
We drove past this pile of peat.
Some views as we drove along more of the coast line.
This one isn't coast line --- we drove through a mountain pass and was reward with some stunning views of valleys.
We are staying near Horn Head. From the car park we walked up a hill and decided to not go any further ---- the wind was just about blew me off the hill.
A view east from the Horn Head area.
The town of Dunfanaghy is very cute --- lots of pubs and restaurants. This area of the coast has lots of summer cottages.
A few of the sheep were curious about us as we walked back to the B&B after dinner.
Leaving Dunegal town, we drove west to the coast and Slieve League, a mountain on the Atlantic Ocean with some of the highest sea cliffs in Ireland. Of course it was overcast and rainy but least no fog!
Looking down at the cliffs.
We hiked part way up the mountain for better views. See those white dots in the photo,
they are bags of rocks. We're guessing that they are dropped by helicoptor and and used to make stepping stone paths.
Last year this map of Ireland was finished and put on display. Each section of the map is a piece of carved rock from the county. The photo doesn't do the map justice (but it was raining when Ed took the photo).
We drove past this pile of peat.
Some views as we drove along more of the coast line.
This one isn't coast line --- we drove through a mountain pass and was reward with some stunning views of valleys.
We are staying near Horn Head. From the car park we walked up a hill and decided to not go any further ---- the wind was just about blew me off the hill.
A view east from the Horn Head area.
The town of Dunfanaghy is very cute --- lots of pubs and restaurants. This area of the coast has lots of summer cottages.
A few of the sheep were curious about us as we walked back to the B&B after dinner.