We are here in the west of Connemara, just less than two hours from Galway. The house is on the Aughrus peninsula, not far from Cleggan. The views all around are stupendous and the beach is a three minute walk.
There's no-one here other than the local residents. There's plenty of small scale farming, with just a few cows seen locally. A lot of ground is boggy but plenty has been reclaimed and forms small fenced pastures. The headland above Dawn's head in the photograph above is covered in flowers, including purple orchids so there's not a lot of grass being eaten at present.
Robin is enjoying the tiled floor throughout most of the ground floor...
Bruce is at home on the beach...
Rock pooling has started in earnest...
...but catch of the day came from very generous guys in Cleggan, who donated two crabs when Tristan started to enquire about buying fish. So we cooked and prepared them for tea on Saturday.
Here's our nearest beach, as the tide is going out.
This is the short walk back to the house (in the near distance).
It's absolutely beautiful here and at the moment we can talk only about coming back every year!
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