But first back to the beginning of today. To start with the place I was this morning:
While I was waking up, a sailing school was busy. I need to make a note for myself. I should also sail more. The last time was 2 years ago... The last picture shows how close I was standing to the next camping.
I already spend quite some time updating the cost & photodata section. So I'll keep it short today. Again I went for a scenic ride. I shall try to keep better notes, but there are some sections you should drive: I thought the section R310 Portloon-Castlebar was worthwhile. But if you get the chance you should drive the R297 Dromore west - Inishorone. This part was certainly worthwhile (you will get to see the photo's later).
In Westport I visited an cyber-cafe. The nicest ever. Don't go to the ugly one (with international phoneboots). Go to the one near the Octonal square. When you are there you will know what I mean. But about this photo: Don't look at the houses, don't look at the cars. But this was the one place I could perfectly catch a photo of the smoke generated by burning peat. One chimney smells nice, but I wonder what it smells like here during the winter...
But there is one piece of road that was absolutely fabulous. I made more photo's per hour then kilometers. I think my milage was about 1 photo/km. When I get back to Ireland I will for sure walk this section (it might take a day, but it was so great). The road I am talking about is the R335 from Louisburg-Leenaun. Mainly the section from Cregganbaun until the end of the Doo-Lough-Pass. It was a bog landscape between two hill-ridges. Clouds were blown over them. Falling from the one, climbing up the other. Lot's of small streams and of course some sheep. The road was absolutely not busy and of a very good quality. I also made some photo's with the sharp and altough it is not usable for landscapes I think it was already capable of capturing some of the beauty.
It was so perfect here, I could even catch it sometimes using the sharp. The last one I even did while preparing my minolta. I didn't even have to look, it couldn't miss (except that the horizon is not completly straight :) ).
In 'these kind of countries' it is very usual to have some sheep on the roads. But I think I made some of the best 'sheep on the road' photo's ever (at least for my personal use).
Today I was looking for a spot for the night. Altough this part is very touristic (lot's of camp-sites, hotels, hostels and B&B's) there is hardly any place to find to put a camper. Since I also ran low on fuel, I wanted to first get some diesel before going to sleep. The amount of gas-stations is not as high here as in the rest of the country. So I had to drive 15km to get to the first one that was open. In all that time I didn't see a single decent place to stay for the night. Except for the one I am now. on the N59 Clifden to Letterfrack, there is a small harbour near Letterfrack. That's the best/only spot in the region.
The only spot I could find to stay for the night near Connemara Park.
It is now almost midnight, the batteries of the sharp are exhausted and so am I. I will go to bed now... Tommorrow Connemara park & Calway city (where I will spend the night). Those were two tips I did get and if they are half as good as the road towards here, it will be a great day!
The photo I didn't get out of the camera anymore (so they are added on wednesday): The view I did have looking out of my sliding door during diner.
