We left the boat at Manor Marine after the Galley Slave (me) had given it a good clean. It was rather amusing that the guy from the boat company had just as much trouble parking it as N had had during the course of the week. I used the on-share ‘facilities’ one more time, with […]
This was our last full day in NI, and again the weather was a bit changeable. I was struck again as we pootled back towards Enniskillen what a beautiful, green and unspoiled area this really is. Myself, I prefer the ruggedness of Argyll, but this place definitely has its charms too (and I must say […]
Today we set off to explore the ‘Upper Lough’ – this is much narrower and twistier than where we have been up to now – and there are many small wooded islands. These all look very like each other – so thank goodness for View Ranger. At one point going through a channel that was […]
Today was a bit grey again but at least not raining. In the morning we went to see Enniskillen castle which was moderately interesting. There was a regimental museum with one feature that amused me – one of the maps had a diagram (relating to fleet movements) with a label of “Orkney Isles” slap over […]
We woke up to discover that against all expectations, the forecast was correct and it was now grey and drizzling. We walked over to see the famous pottery and on our way we made a short detour to cross the international border into the Republic of Ireland. Apparently by intention, there was no indication that […]
Anyway, we were fixed again by 10am the next day (with no real explanation for what had happened though) and set off to catch up with where we should have reached the following day. It was now Monday and the Lough was even emptier than at the weekend. Against the forecast, the weather was still […]
Our first full day dawned with beautiful weather (which according to the forecast would be the last sun we would see all week). We cruised down the “Upper Lough” which is very wide and very empty. Comparing it to the Norfolk broads which we visited a few years ago, not crashing into things was very […]
We had a giant “Full Irish” breakfast in the hotel. These are before and after pictures of J’s plate. Then we went to see the Marble Arch caves which are part of a huge Unesco Geopark (I’d never heard of one of these before). Apparently they were where the Beric Dondarion scenes in Game of Thrones were […]
We set off today to go cruising round Lough Erne in Northern Ireland for a week. Of course with the weather having been beautiful last week – we are expecting it will pour down all the time we are away. In the confined quarters of the boat I can’t help imagining it will be like […]
Yesterday we went on a trip we have been promising ourselves since we moved in and hired a boat to go out on Loch Goil. It was J’s birthday during the week, so I booked the boat for myself, J, R and (introducing my brother) N. The evening before the guys had stayed over and […]
