{"id":3459,"date":"2022-09-20T10:03:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T10:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chrishankey-artist.com\/?p=3459"},"modified":"2023-06-15T07:41:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T07:41:04","slug":"eire-2022-part-2-more-of-a-visual-blog-of-our-continuing-wild-atlantic-way-cycle-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrishankey-artist.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/20\/eire-2022-part-2-more-of-a-visual-blog-of-our-continuing-wild-atlantic-way-cycle-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Eire 2022 part 2 – more of a visual blog of our continuing Wild Atlantic Way cycle tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

…. 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 ….<\/p>\n

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…. Conamara wild camp ….<\/p>\n

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…. Sunset – Conamara ….<\/p>\n

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…. Sunrise – Conamara wild camp ….<\/p>\n

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…. On the road again ….<\/p>\n

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…. Self portrait and wild camp ….<\/p>\n

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Exploring the beach after setting up our wild camp<\/p>\n

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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<\/p>\n

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This monument is actually about a mile and a half from the …. ‘landing’ …. crash site<\/p>\n

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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 ….<\/p>\n

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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 …..<\/p>\n

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…. Self portrait by the sea – Conamara Sands wild camp ….<\/p>\n

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…. Conamara Sands Sunset – wild camp ….<\/p>\n

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…. Sunrise Conamara sands wild camp ….<\/p>\n

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…. Another beautiful day …. another beautiful climb ….<\/p>\n

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…. and down again …. great stuff ….<\/p>\n

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… did not quite stand in the right place for the second shot … so they don’t quite match up … hey ho …<\/p>\n

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One beautiful landscape after another leaves me quite speachless …. we cycle in complete awe of Conamara …<\/p>\n

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….This day we cycled into another county ….. county Mayo …. and it looked spectacular<\/p>\n

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…. County Mayo wild camp ….<\/p>\n

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…. Crescent Moon County Mayo wild camp ….<\/p>\n

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….. Another beautiful ride ….<\/p>\n

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Our visit to Oile\u00e1n Chliara<\/span><\/span>
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part of the kingdom of Umhailli is famous as the home of the 15th century pirate queen Gr\u00e1inne N\u00ed Mh\u00e1ille. Though the name pirate does not do this person justice<\/p>\n

…. Looking back to the mainland from Clare Island ….<\/p>\n

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…. 4 nights wild camp Oile\u00e1n Chliara<\/span><\/span> ….<\/p>\n

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…. mixed bean chilli for dinner. Great stuff ….<\/p>\n

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…. Highest point on Oile\u00e1n Chliara<\/span><\/span> …. 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 ….<\/p>\n

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…. collecting dry wood for fuel for the wood burning stove ….<\/p>\n

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….yummy ….<\/p>\n

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… 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<\/p>\n

…. I find the fresco’s remarkable ….. it’s resemblance to early cave art is quite extraordinary ….<\/p>\n

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….. leaving Clare Island ….<\/p>\n

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….. continued in part three …..<\/p>\n

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