Donegal Town.

Nice slow morning today, bit of a wander around Donegal town centre. Found a lovely cafe for coffee and breakfast.

We met up with Marl and Millie again to tour the castle, arrived just as a tour was leaving. What an excellent tour guide. So passionate and informative about the castles history as well as Ireland’s troubled past.

It’s a bit of a changeable day today, rain one minute, sun out the next. We decided to try our luck in the afternoon and visit the Fairy Bridges and Mullaghmore Head. We had a break in the weather just after arriving at the fairy bridges. Beautiful walk along some very dramatic coastline. It was windy enough to blow a dog off a lead. We were all dressed like Michelin men in about five layers and still cold.

Another 10 klms on was Mullaghmore Head. It’s a famous surf beach in Ireland. Must be a bit too extreme today, no one was braving the water. They had some good waves going on there too.

We’ve booked a restaurant tonight. Quay West, which Michael our Landlord tells us is the best place in town. Millie and Marl talking to someone in town yesterday, turns out his wife owns it. Anyway it was fabulous, we had a great meal and then headed down to the Reel Inn for some music. Graham requested a few songs and the musicians said he had to sing Waltzing Malinda if they played his request. So he did along with the Australian contingent in the audience.Read more