FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18TH - LIMERICK - CLIFFS OF MOHER - GALAWAY - KNOCK - SLIGO

" Motor to the spectacular cliffs of Moher, rising 204 metres above the Atlantic. Via the limestone plateau of the burren and Galway- a popular seaside destination and a buzzing cosmopolitan centre with cobblestone streets, colourful shops, and a busy café and bar culture- reach Knock, a village that attracts pilgrims from all over the world. the night is spent in Sligo."

RADISON BLU SLIGO

Today we left Limerick early and again fine weather.  Unfortunately one of our group had left their passports at the hotel but luckily realised it at almost at once so we only lost about 15 minutes returning to the hotel.

 

 

 

Our first stop was the Cliffs of Moher. This was one of the places Henry was looking forward to seeing and he wasn’t disappointed! This area is remote but has a great Visitors' centre which is nestled under a hill very unobtrusively.  

 

 



THIS IS THE TOURIST WHO LEFT HIS PASSPORT IN THE HOTEL BEING URGED TO JUMP BY THE OTHERS ON THE BUS!!!

 

 

Henry had been reading in today’s paper that well over a million tourists have visited Ireland this year and that had been an increase from the previous year of over 200,000.

Tourist buses finish for the most part at the end of September. There is still some tourism but many things close. The tourist industry keeps a lot of the people employed.

We then drove through the limestone plateau of The Burren, a rocky and relatively barren and windswept area. Everywhere are straight, long rock fences and some grazing of sheep and cattle. The amount of hard work that must have gone to the building of the fences is mind boggling!

HAIRPIN BENDS FOR MILES!



Galway was our lunch stop and we enjoyed a chat with some locals in a café.

The Radisson in Sligo was our stop for the night. We were there early enough to have a lovely swim before dinner at the hotel.

COLOURFUL BEGONIAS EVERYWHERE GROWING LIKE WEEDS IN GADEN BEDS AND POTS