Aug 24, 2011 - Slieve League, Ireland

Today we drove past Sligo Town and along the coast of Donegal Bay to see the cliffs near Slieve League. Slieve League, sometimes Slieve Leag or Slieve Liag, is a mountain on the Atlantic coast of County Donegal. it is 1,972 ft, high and has Ireland's highest sea cliffs. We walked up to see the cliffs and take some photos, lucky to arrive when the sun was out. As is typical here, soon after we arrived at the cliffs, the rain clouds moved in and we had a nice walk back to the car in the rain. It added to our adventure for the day! We then...

Aug 6, 2011 - Kelly Begs and the Slieve League coast

Began our day with a taxi ride from Kelly Begs to Silver Strand Beach at Malin Begs. Drive thru the countryside illustrated the cutting of peat from the ancient bogs. The hike from Malin Begs to Fellin took about 7 hours. We went from sea level to about 2200 ft above. Hiking thru the fields with 'trails' being those of the foot (hoove?) paths of our ever present companions - sheep, by the hundreds. There were no other hikers along the route. Their loss. The scenery was spectacular, even though the 'trail' was quite 'moist'. The meadows and...