Right, back to day 8, after a phenomenal breakfast at https://carnaweenhouse.com the day started with the arrival of a certain Mr Doyle, who had hot footed it over from Dublin to join the Wild Atlantic Way adventure for a day
John knows this part of Donegal like the back of his hand, which was brilliant, able to point out lots of points of interest that you just don't pick up from a map.
First stop of the morning was at Kilclooney Dolmen, which dates back 5500 years, once again not something I would have ever found without a bit of local knowledge.
Where we parked to walk up to the Dolmen was opposite a very interesting building part of the Irish Mens Shed's Association, an organisation I had never heard of, but having asked a few questions and had a look at the website menssheds.ie does great work for mens mental health.
From there it was a short drive to Glengesh Pass a great road to drive, the pass was forged out during the Ice Age
I know that each day I say I've found the best beach in Ireland, then the next day I find one better, but as we arrive at Malinbeg, I realise that this takes things to a whole new level ! WOW
Our final scenic stop of the day was Slieve League, a nervous drive for me as I navigate the car to the top of the cliff with nothing but a few old rocks between me and a fall from the highest costal cliffs in Europe !
On our way back to Narin we drop in on one of John's friend's, Sean, for a cupa & a biscuit, he's a real character, one of the old school.
After dinner, it's off to the pub, https://www.annora.ie there is live music tonight, the picture below isn't the band (they are setting up behind), this was just a couple of guys who were passing with a pair of bongo's and a guitar, plus Tom who runs the bar, and they just did a jam session to warm up before the band start at 10.30pm (I'm normally asleep then)
The played everything from Thin Lizzy to Van Morrison and let me tell you if you've never heard a Thin Lizzy track played on the Bongo's you've not lived !
I can't tell you what time I left the pub last night, mainly because I didn't leave the pub last night, I left the pub this morning !
As a consequence of my late (or early depending on which way you look at it) departure from the pub I have declared today a day of rest, well for the car at least....
.....this was the view from my breakfast table, so I know I will spend some of today walking the beach, getting some fresh air into the lungs, but other than that the rest of day 9 will be just a chill.
Day 10 is going to be an interesting twist on the Wild Atlantic Way adventure, and I'm pretty confident about the timing of my blog tomorrow, so tune in around 4.30 to find out what Monday had in store for me !