Date: Monday, 22 September 2008 6:53 PM
Hi guys
This is our third morning in this wonderful B&B overlooking Lough Foyle. As I type here (in the B&B, free internet access), the sun is visible, rising gently over the hills to the south east, which are in a different country: the UK (Northern Ireland). The weather we've experienced in the last several days has made up for the appalling weather we encountered earlier on and we've taken advantage of it by getting out in the open countryside and experiencing some of the best scenery that Ireland has to offer. Friends here have made the experience so much better because we have been guided to the best of the local sites while being able to have our many questions about the interesting history and contemporary situation answered.
Moville, the village nearby, is the birthplace of Bernard Law Montgomery, and is also his ancestral family home. Also nearby, a ferry crosses to Northern Ireland in a 10 minute ride across the Lough, a ride which Mary and I, in our car, took yesterday when we decided to do the tourist trail thing and visit the Giant's Causeway etc.
Today we're planning to visit Derry (aka Londonderry), only 20km or so away, to experience its history and especially its famous and intact city walls which have remained in place since they were built in the early 17th century.
Anyway some pics...
Mary and I at Malin Head, Ireland's most northerly point and a prominent feature of the Inishowen Peninsula, Donegal.
Looking SW from the area of Malin Head, the coastline typical of the area.
Cottage, one of several similar, all available for rent, in a remote village on the peninsula.
Kinnago Bay, near our B&B, yesterday, on a low swell day. It reminded me of A-Bay, in Noosa, but the water temps differ significantly. I didn't go in for a swim.
Thanks for reading. Tomorrow morning we're off to our final stop-off, Skerries, near Dublin, before flying to Manchester on Thursday, then Singapore/Brisbane
leaving Friday, arriving Sat evening.
Regards
Kev & Mary Long
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