Another dull dreary and damp morning, it's now starting to get to us with thoughts of returning home early but we'll persevere. A slower start but we managed to empty the loo and refill the water tank – it's just getting rid of rubbish is the problem. Irish folk pay for their waste to be collected commercially and councils therefore don't provide waste bins. This does mean, however, that there is remarkably little litter about – a lesson that could possibly be learned elsewhere? For now, however, we'll just have to carry it with us.
Back onto the Wild Atlantic Way and the next town is Skibbereen where there is a Lidl so needing a few bits and pieces we called in there. €50 later we had a couple of bags including some goodies to try and buck our spirits up a bit. Then a steady ramble along one of the “extensions” down to Baltimore which we thought was not very attractive, well a bit of a dump actually, so backtracked a little then tried another road down to Lough Hyne.
Now this was a lot better, an almost land-locked seawater lake that is popular with watersports fans and was quite busy, even in mid-week. We managed to find room to park, walked the dogs then settled down to lunch. Checking our apps we noted that possible overnighting stops were getting a bit rare but identified somewhere promising in the next inlet along the coast.
This however meant us travelling pretty well all the way back to Skibbereen (love that name!) and rejoining the WAW. Whilst en route Bren noticed a pubstop just a little way past the parking area so we thought we'd investigate the possibility of eating out tonight. However the place looked very closed so we went back to the parking and settled in a corner. Lots of room but there were also quite a few families taking advantage of a micro-beach and apparently very warm water although we didn't investigate personally...........
And the sun came out! Very quickly our depression lifted and we got chairs out to enjoy a couple of hours warm sunshine with a cuppa and chat whilst kids played happily on the beach. It only came to an end at teatime when the sun went down behind the hills and a cool breeze sprang up. So we returned inside for tea and our usual evening activities.
The weather forecast looks promising for tomorrow, but we're not going to get too excited!
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