Connemara day 42 Sun 3 June 2018

Slept in till 7.30am to a grey drizzling morning. Full breakfast and away about 9.15am. There were a lot of midges biting us as we loaded the car at Peacocke’s Hotel in County Galway. Scenic and misty drive to the Connemara National Park visitors centre past a lake with sheep on and beside the road. More biting midges in the visitors centre car park and the drizzle had stopped. Looked at the displays relating to the formation, harvesting and drying of peat which is burnt instead of wood producing no sparks. Started walking up the tourist Diamond Hill walk with most views obscured by low cloud. As the morning became early afternoon the cloud gradually lifted from the hill tops and the sun came out as we finished the seven kilometre walk. Towards the end we passed fields where peat had been harvested. The park was created to protect remaining peat from exploitation. We took a photo of the nearby Kylemore Abby driving to our accommodation in County Sligo. Dinner in Henry’s Pub restaurant near the village of Grange near our accommodation at the Mt Edward Lodge bed and breakfast.Read more