Weather Delay

Our plan had been to spend one more night in Donegal, maybe in Letterkenny, so that Peter could get sunset photographs of Mount Errigal. The weather forecast predicted rain and clouds for the next several days, so we decided to end the trip and come back for a short break when the weather was better. It's about 200 miles from Dublin to Letterkenny, so it's definitely a doable short trip.

We did get in a little driving and hiking before completely packing it in. We drove around

and the Rossgull penninsulas, both of which are beautiful but somewhat marred by manky holiday caravan parks. Horn Head itself was rustic and pretty. We hiked through the blanket bog out to a ruin. It had a real "edge of the world" feeling, especially when we started to see squalls out over the Atlantic Ocean.

We drove home, cutting across Northern Ireland, in the pouring rain. The sun came out in Dublin, but that was probably just to taunt us. I know it was still rainy and grey in Donegal. After spending several days sharing the road with sheep, it was weird to be back in busy, traffic-choked Dublin. I'm anxiously awaiting our trip back.