Wild Atlantic Way Road Trip Vlog Series - Downpatrick head [S1-E17]
Wild Atlantic Way Road Trip Vlog Series - Downpatrick head
In this episode we continue our tour along the Wild Atlantic Way south and leave Strandhill and travel towards Downpatrick's Head.
We stopped on the way to sample some traditional Irish Stew, the first since we started our Tour of Ireland in our Campervan 'Trudy'. It was seriously delicious and you must try this dish if you come to Ireland.
We entered County Mayo and arrive at Downpatrick's head - what a view. There was a great carpark to park up for the night. When we arrived the weather was wet and windy but in the morning the rain had eased and the sun was doing it's best to come out.
What a fabulous place - it was very dramatic scenery and had a sense of danger as you walked towards the edge of the cliffs.
Downpatrick head its self is a pinacle of land , separated from the mainland many years ago. What is amazing is that there used to be a settlement living on there. That all came to an end when the rope bridge collapsed.
Really beautiful views and a recommended stop when you tour the wild atlantic way
The Wild Atlantic Way is one of the longest designated coastal road trips in the world at over 2,500 km long. Our road trip of the Wild Atlantic Way started at the most Northern Point of Ireland - Malin Head and finished all the way at the bottom in the town of Kinsale.
The Wild Atlantic way is a road trip of a lifetime and that’s why we just had to do it and produce a travel series of vlogs of our experiences along this magical road. We saw beautiful and dramatic cliffs, stunning beaches, the best sunsets, met lots of lovely people, sung at a shanty festival and saw Ireland at it’s best. If you come to Ireland you must visit the Wild Atlantic Way - even if you can’t do the complete road trip just go and do part of it - absolutely awesome and what a road trip to start off our never ending journey around the Globe.
We hope you enjoy this episode of our Wild Atlantic Way Road Trip Vlog Series.
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Splendid
OMG that desert looked fabulicious!! Haha,"headed Up to, Down..."
That Irish stew looked amazing 🥘
@TREADtheglobe
6 жыл бұрын
Badgerboy it really was delicious mmmmmm
My grandad owns the sea stack and the surrounding land and he has written a book about downpatrick head and the surrounding area in county mayo the book is called the road to downpatrick head by Donal McCormick and is for sale in most newsagents and tourists shops in mayo
@TREADtheglobe
5 жыл бұрын
Wow - what a fabulous legacy .... you should be sooo proud - i have put it on the reading list ... happy New Year and thank you for your comment - Marianne xx
You guys make everything look so cosy. The Irish stew sure looked soul warming. Crazy story about the sea stack....cannot believe that there was a settlement there. Lush is by far one of the BEST descriptive words 👍
@TREADtheglobe
6 жыл бұрын
Hi guys - yes the irish stew was amazing - I expected it to be more like our english stew - wow the flavour was delicious !!! Yes mad to think people lived on that head - it was so high !!! Bet the rope bridge would have been an experience. Marianne says glad you liked the word lush LOL !!!
@TREADtheglobe
6 жыл бұрын
Amazing right especially on a head like that - awesome !!!
Especially in areas where the cliffs are mainly chalk ... because chalk crumbles ! (I'm addressing the people who aren't familiar with chalk cliffs, not Marianne and Chris)
@TREADtheglobe
2 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing this info 🌷
That plane is an Irish Aer Corps (our Air Force) CASA CN235 Maritime Patrol aircraft. It is based just outside Dublin in Casement Aerodrome. They sometimes post amazing images from around our coastline, on social media.
@TREADtheglobe
4 жыл бұрын
Hi - that is great !! we were so excited !! it was so exhilarating as an experience !! So loud and so close !! 💜🙌😉🌺 Thank you for your comment - Kind regards Marianne and Chris xx
Loved the story of the sea stack! Settlement out there? Mad! Loved the Vlog BTW
@TREADtheglobe
6 жыл бұрын
Hi there Nelda - thanks for the comment and really pleased you loved the vlog . 👍😀 . Yes can you imagine living on that head - when the rope bridge collapsed they would have had a big problem - lucky a ship managed to rescue them with ropes - not sure how !!!
where was the pub you got the irish stew we tour up north a lot in our motorhome stew looked very tasty
@TREADtheglobe
6 жыл бұрын
I have had a look online and the pub web site is www.thebeachbarsligo.com/ . The food was fabulous - you can park up there for the night and they also have coin operated showers which we took advantage of 👍😀
@michaelflynn1599
6 жыл бұрын
thanks for that will check it out next time we are in that part of the world