Lough Swilly

It was late when we drove to this destination for an overnight stop.
We had played a short round of Disc golf in Derry in Columbus park before, but unsure of sleeping so central in the city, we took the short 20min drive back towards Lough swilly and found a perfect spot by Inch island. Well, we didn’t know it was perfect until morning as it was pitch black as Tobi navigated the roads to what felt like the end of the world…

We took a morning stroll over the footbridge to the island and saw the many bird species that frequent the inlet, some migratory some local. Apparently a haven for them all. Lough swilly (lake of shadows/lake of eyes!) is one of three glacial fjords in Ireland….

We spotted a black swan and some beautiful birds we’d never seen before. Then a whole flock of ducks called out in chorus and took flight up and over from one side of the inlet to the other.
Annnnnd after that we got drenched by a passing shower and so returned to camp, packed up and headed on our way.Read more