We began our day with an Irish breakfast and had the traditional beans, scrambeld egg, omelettes, mushrooms, some potatoes and Laura had pancakes. It was a delicious, giant breakfast!
Then we headed out to the big mountain we can see from Crossmolina: the Nephin that is about 800 meters high and the highest alone standing mountain in Irleand. Laura did not feel so good that’s why she just began the hike with us and went back to the car earlier. But we three others walked one third of the hike, about 5 km in total and got a panoramic view over the countryside of Crossmolina and Lough Conn. ✨
With Laura we made our lunch in the car. Our next stop was a untouristic stop where we first had to cross some cow meadows and the shore of the Lough Conn to reach it: The Errew Abbey monestary that was built in the 13th century and used till 400 years ago but the foundation walls still exist today. It was a magical place and we enjoyes the atmosphere there and the accompanying adventure. ✨✨
On our way back we stopped at a farm and looked at dunkys, sheep and alpakas. We fed the three dunkys with 3 carrots 🥕🥕
And drove back to our hotel where we chilled a bit and slept one round.
At 6 p.m. we walked a round Crossmolina a bit, met the guide dog Kathie and had a delicious dinner in the restaurant of our hotel. Afterwards we went shopping in the supermarket and Laura & Beate bought soft ice cream as a dessert.
Our end of the day was the 2km Tóchar Daithí Bán Trail in the Ballycroy Nationalpark. We drove there 40 min and got a fantastic view of the golden hour qnd the sunset. Then we reached the tourist center and began our walk. We stopped at the top of a hill on two viewing points and shared Lauras and my first Scone together. The atmosphere and vibe was amazing with the panoramic view of the sunset, the ocean and Achill Island. We watched the stars coming and were the only people there and just heard sheep all the time which mowed all the time because they had probably to tell each other very important things. We saw Sirius, Lyra, Kasopaya and the big bear. As the best end Laura and I saw a shooting star on the sky ✨✨🌟💫
