I wake this morning around 7, no sound of rain.....I draw the curtains to reveal fog, thick fog, this is way worse than rain, I can still take pictures in the rain, they may not be as great as a nice day, but I can still capture the image, fog on the other hand makes it impossible, so I draw them back, go back to sleep for a couple of hours. When I get up at 9 the sun is burning the fog away, by the time I head off in the car at 10am it's sunglasses time !
This mornings first two stops Killala Quay and Lackan Stand were nice enough to visit, but nothing to write home about, but stop number 3 of the day is Downpatrick Head, one of the Signature stops on the route. I make the effort to walk up to the very top, and WOW is it worth it!
Those of you who know me will be more than well aware of my views on heights, in particular falling from heights, so spending the morning on a cliff edge, with the wind blowing in the wrong direction, is far from being top of my bucket list, but for this I had to be there !
Whilst I could have looked at this all day, constantly watching the crazy Japanese tourists walking backwards towards the edge, selfie sticks in hand trying to get the perfect pic, was making me feel sick, I was convinced one of them was going down, so I got the images I wanted, then raced back to the car.
From there it was onto Cedie Fields Viewpoint and a chance to look back at Downpatrick Head in the distance.
The rest of my day has been filled with standing on cliff tops in howling gales, above is Benwee Head and below is Erris Head
When you get round to Doonamo it's really exposed, this really is the Wild Atlantic.
Final stop of the day is Annagh Head, again a really good treck from the car park out to the point, but well well worth the effort. I will leave you with a couple of images from there below, have a great Friday night....
