Going West

Up to the sound of an alarm nearby... arghh not the quietest place for sure. Kelly made some coffee and I got ready to go first to clear the deck:-)

Kris arrived as expected at 9 am and we grabbed a cab to the car rental agency at the airport. After some upgrades we departed in our BMW for the town of Doolin. Why Doolin you ask? Well apparently Doug & Shelley saw a Netflix movie about the pubs & their local Irish music in Ireland and this was rated as one of the best so... off we go! 

M1 to M50 to M4 to M6....Coast Route--- past Farnablake take Athery turn off to R348 (5 circles) Left on L3104 jog on R446 to L4102 to N18 near Clarindridge right on N67 to R478 to Doolin  3:22/255km . At 10:20 we were on the road in our BMW.  Although we hasd some toll roads on our route but it was straight forward... throw coins in a basket or one that takes a picture of your car and you go online to submit payment.

We stopped in Ballinasloe and the local LIDL for a pit stop then found a great little place for lunch at Kariba's. Very good home cooked food!

14:42 we arrived in Doolin.  Wind, rain and more wind as the remnants of hurricane Gert passed through.

Quick check in at our B&B, arranged breakfast and then unloaded the car with Kris's help. Nice big room with views of cows and the surrounding area :-)  Off to the local pub McDermott's recommended by Michael our B&B host. I could almost through a rock and hit it.

Jill, Drew, Jenny, Doug  & Shelley returned from the Cliffs of Mohor joined us and we got caught up on events. The wind was hollowing up there so it wasn't much fun. Some of the routes where closed in fact. We had a nice dinner as Kris arranged a place to stay close by.  We started our "Musical Pub Crawl" across the road at McGanns.

We made it to Doolin!

Drinks with the gang!

 The lineup was out the door so we booked some seats and waited outside. After less than 15 minutes we were escorted to the best viewing table in the house.. and it was!! Unfortunately the millennial's in this three piece group seemed more interest in Facebook and texting in between individual tunes. 4-5 minute breaks after each tune to "socialize"....  after three tunes we headed down the road back to the first pub... good music but huge crowd so we moved on down to the next pub called Fitzpatricks. It was packed as well with a single fellow on a guitar ( he didn't seemed to interested for some reason )

Awaiting our table...and music!

Next s stop at Gus O'Conner's and it too was hopping with live music from five people playing various instruments. The music was the best we heard tonight so we finally sat down and enjoyed a pint and a sing-a-long. We packed it in at midnight for the walk back to the B&B. Kris & Jenny stayed till the end though. 

Off to bed.... no wireless here but will use hotspot to upload the blog and add a few pictures when I get better connectivity.