Since I was here several years ago, the road along the west coast of Ireland has been "rebranded" the Wild Atlantic Way - at least I don't remember it being called that when I was here before. Off and on, since we left Derry, we have driven along this route which is marked by a blue and white wavy sign. In my opinion, it contains some of the most amazing coastal scenery anywhere in Europe and, quite possibly, in the world. It certainly competes well with the Moyenne Corniche on the Cote d'Azur, the road along the Amalfi Coast, Highway 1 along Big Sur in California, US 101 following the Oregon coast, Pacific Rim on Vancouver Island, and the Cabot Trail on Cape Breton. While we drove parts of this route going from Derry to Doolin, the majority of our drive from Doolin to Dingle on Thursday followed it. So, without saying anymore, here are some photos to give you an idea of how fabulous it was.
Friday, we drove around Slea Head on the Dingle Peninsula. Again, this is part of the Wild Atlantic Way. I know of two movies that were filmed here: Far and Away (Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman) and Ryan's Daughter. I haven't seen either of them but plan to track down the latter when I get home. The road was a bit harrowing at times but the scenery took our mind off that. We did the self-guided tour that Rick Steves put in his Ireland guide book and that made it all even more interesting.
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| The Blasket Islands in the distance |
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Check out the road - it is two way and has buses on it
which, thankfully, appear only to do the route counter-clockwise! |
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| That little line running through the middle of the photo is the road! |
Saturday, we will do the last leg of our Ireland trip - drive the Ring of Kerry and drive to Shannon - before we fly to London on Sunday. Time seems to be flying by.
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