Connemara

View from the Skyroad
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Rain, rain, rain, rain… no wonder it’s so green.

We stayed at the local Galway campsite which was absolutely horrible – we’ve stopped in nicer motorway services… We had intended to visit Galway city but couldn’t face the bus ride with the kids in the inevitable downpour so we went straight on to the Connemara area.

Rain, rain, rain, rain… no wonder it’s so green.

We drove through a nice scenic road to Clifden where we didn’t stop (raining…) but took the ‘skyroad’ around the hills near the coast. There are some very nice views from here even in the rain. We then doubled back a little to find a road through the mountains that we had missed on the way to Clifden – this was really worth the effort with some great scenery along the way.

Windy and raining - but scenic
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We stayed the night at a campsite right on the beach near Roundstone. The sun even shone in the morning to give us a chance to walk on the beach!

Dave.