Sat 1st June 2024.
When we left last nights park up we decided to take the scenic route a mountain pass known as Connor Pass , it says on the map no HGV vehicles or coaches but we thought we would give it a go. In honesty we didn’t get too far, it quickly became evident that the road was very narrow so I did a 20 point turn in a side lane and we retraced our steps to Dingle and took an alternative route. We headed north and eventually reached Tarbert where took the car ferry ( 32 euros) across the River Shannon Estuary a journey of 20 minutes. Kilrush was about 5 miles further on. We pulled up at the marina and quickly found that the 8 dedicated motorhome places were fully booked but we were allowed to park in an overflow area for a reduced rate as we couldn’t have electric hook up which we don’t need, we still have access to all the other facilities the marina provides. As finding places to stay with facilities is proving difficult over this Bank Holiday weekend we have decided to stay for two nights.
En route to Kilrush we stopped at Blennerville to visit a restored historic 18th century windmill.
There is a visitors centre you enter through and a very friendly helpful guide talked us through the mills operating process and we watched a short video of its restoration. We took it in turns to climb to the top floor up a series of ladders, at the top was the all important huge gear wheel.
Alongside the windmill is a quay, now somewhat silted up which had a role in importing and exporting goods to America. It was also where many Irish emigrants set sail to America and Canada sadly many didn’t make it dying either on the journey or on arrival from a variety of diseases.
According to the BBC weather reporters today is the first day of the meteorological Summer and as it has been beautifully sunny we decided to celebrate with a bbq. We bought some excellent quality food in Kilrush and had a very enjoyable meal.
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