Tuesday 4th June 2024.
The day started off grey, wet and windy but at least we had a quiet night no visits from the ghostly monks at the abbey😊
Our first priority today was to fill with LPG as we are staying mainly off grid we are using a little more gas, according to our LPG App there was a filling point en route to Galway at Oranmore. We found the fuel station with no difficulty but no sign of LPG we drove out turned round and decided to return and ask, as I drove in for the second time I noticed a narrow drive to the side of the building. A quick recce and eureka there was the pump, we were happy people as the next possibly was to the north of our route. It was a double edge bonus as behind the fuel station was Aldi so we were able to stock up with food.
We drove on to Galway and thankfully we found a car park without a height barrier with plenty of space within walking distance of the town centre, makes a change😊👍
We had a good lunch outside a pub with Michelle enjoying Chowder soup whilst I had bbq chicken brioche. The visit was enjoyable but after the quiet of the places we have been recently it was very busy with crowds of tourists many following a tour guide.
We drove on from Galway for approx 90 minutes to tonight’s stop which is in the middle of nowhere.The drive was through Connemara National Park with hundreds of Loughs (lakes) open countryside and we skirted the Maumturk Mountains and The Twelve Pins ( mountains).
It’s a small aire provided by the local community very much in the style of the ones we find in Europe.
Early evening we went for a walk and after approx 800m we came across Cashel Pier.
Opposite the aire is a hotel and on the end is a bar with a very friendly owner serving the drinks, it hadn’t many people in but there were people coming and going so it had atmosphere, of course to be polite we had a drink.
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