Thursday 3 September – Enniskillen to Westport

A quiet night with some rain though nothing to disturb us and a pleasant morning. Up when Jamie announced he wanted out, then was promptly sick over our nice freshly laundered seat covers! That sorted we had a pleasant stroll along the river bank before returning for breakfast when the heavens opened again. Ready to go by 10.30 our first call was for fuel and some shopping so off to Tesco, who didn't have fuel so we went next door to Asda instead.

Jamie and the swans

Enniskillen Castle from our pitch

 

 

Castle & Cathedral Enniskillen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our target was to join the Wild Atlantic Way more or less where we had left off, at Galway, last year although as we had missed a bit we headed a little further north than that, to Sligo and possibly Westport for tonights stop. The border was only a short distance but we crossed it with no fuss, looking for somewhere to empty the loo. Spotting a picnic area with toilets we called in only to find everything closed and locked, but there was a water tap so topped up with fresh water – always take any opportunity!

From there on we just bumbled along, following TomTom who as usual decided to go the “pretty” way before we hit the WAW and followed that. One of the first notable points on the route we encountered was Dunmoran Strand, a huge and mostly empty beach where we could let the dogs off their leads to have a good run round. We were pleased to see that they played happily together although Woody is not as young and couldn't really keep up with Jamie, but he tried. Back to the van for lunch then onwards to Westport where Colin had noted a possible overnighting spot.

A nice run in generally bright weather with the occasiona shower, we came into this popular seaside town and drove out along the quay, eventually finding the recommended spot which, unlike the rest of the town, was empty. As the winds were forecast to be high again we reluctantly parked across the bays to be “nose to wind”, although we were too long to fit anyway – Colin parked properly in our lee although their van is equipped with drop down legs that level and stabilise the vehicle, posh!