Eire 2022 part 2 – more of a visual blog of our continuing Wild Atlantic Way cycle tour

…. Cycling through Conamara was amazing. We found a fab place to wild camp towards late afternoon a ways from the road with spectacular views of the mountains ….

…. Conamara wild camp ….

…. Sunset – Conamara ….

…. Sunrise – Conamara wild camp ….

…. On the road again ….

…. Pause ….

…. Self portrait and wild camp ….

Exploring the beach after setting up our wild camp

Our next stop was a visit to a rather famous historical even. This monument in the shape of an aircrafts winf is made from local stone and even has small fossils buried in the rock

This monument is actually about a mile and a half from the …. ‘landing’ …. crash site

At the crash sight which is in the middle of nowhere today ….. but back then was a rather more technologically important place … is this fun monument that is illuminated by natural light so that you can see the plane superimposed upon the landscape ….

Flight path

Although not late in the day we could see heavy clouds approaching and neither of us wanted to hang around for a down pour … there were some spots of rain … in the end though the down pour never occured and we eventually rode into fab sunshine to find our next wild camp ….. at Conamara sands …..

…. Self portrait by the sea – Conamara Sands wild camp ….

…. Conamara Sands Sunset – wild camp ….

…. Sunrise Conamara sands wild camp ….

…. Another beautiful day …. another beautiful climb ….

…. and down again …. great stuff ….

…. Pause ….

…. pause ….

… did not quite stand in the right place for the second shot … so they don’t quite match up … hey ho …

One beautiful landscape after another leaves me quite speachless …. we cycle in complete awe of Conamara …

….This day we cycled into another county ….. county Mayo …. and it looked spectacular

…. County Mayo wild camp ….

…. Crescent Moon County Mayo wild camp ….

….. Another beautiful ride ….

Our visit to Oileán Chliara

part of the kingdom of Umhailli is famous as the home of the 15th century pirate queen Gráinne Ní Mháille. Though the name pirate does not do this person justice

…. Looking back to the mainland from Clare Island ….

…. 4 nights wild camp Oileán Chliara ….

…. mixed bean chilli for dinner. Great stuff ….

…. Highest point on Oileán Chliara …. and our first Marilyn – An Noc Mor 426 m. It is the is the 7038th highest peak in the combined area of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England and the 621st tallest peak in Ireland ….

…. collecting dry wood for fuel for the wood burning stove ….

….yummy ….

… built around 1220 this abbey has some remarkable fresco’s that have an interesting resemblance to early cave art. In the foreground is a stone megalithe which predates the abbey by several thousand years

…. I find the fresco’s remarkable ….. it’s resemblance to early cave art is quite extraordinary ….

…. ruin ….

….. leaving Clare Island ….

….. continued in part three …..

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