WHIRL2026 Day - 6

Last night the menacing looking clouds I spoke of brought thunder, lightning and heavy rain. It was spitting this morning and with the 'promise' of more heavy rain, waterproof trousers went on, with easy access to my jacket in the topbox. It wasn't too cold about 16 degrees and despite a small shower, it pretty much stayed dry for the first half  of the day.

First stop, Largy Viewpoint, navigated to without sound. Tomtom had lost contact with my helmet, so I had visuals only. Largy was a nice vista, of which there have been plenty but not what I had been expecting before this trip.

Largy Viewpoint Panorama

Our next stop, 10 miles along the coast, at Bunglass Point, was the Sliabh Liag Viewing Platform. On arrival a guy stopped us and told us we could ride to the end of the road, for €5 each or park in the car park there for €10 each. That may have included a minibus up the remaining 1.7km, I'm not sure but the maths were obvious to us, we rode on €10 poorer but so gratefiul we weren't walking the incredibly steep road to the platform area. 

It was very windy at the top and quite cold, so I put on my waterproof jacket. It was the right call, as it started to rain soon after. From the viewing platform, there was a spectacular view of huge craggy cliffs, which I'm presuming are Sliabh Liag. This was the coastline I'd expected the whole west coast to look like from day 2 onwards.

Sliabh Liag, rugged and windy

Leaving Sliabh Liag we were in rain for quite some time. Not the forecast thunderstorms but gently persistent for a while. It had stopped by the time we made our next stop at the Bridge of Tears. Stuck out in the middle of mountain peat bog land, the bridge is famous as the place people preparing to embark on a trip to the US would say goodbye to their relatives. I have no idea where they would be heading though.

Bridge of Tears

Just 7 miles up the road was a bit of a folly, Sword in the Stone. As the name suggests, it is a large rock, sitting in a small peat bog pond, with a sword sticking out of the top! Unusual to say the least. 

Sword in the Stone

Talking of peat, there were quite a few places where peat had been cut out and piled up. Some seemed to have been stuck in white plastic bags, some just open to the air.

Having taken our photos, we had a 40 mile trip to the hotel. There's not much in the area, so we made sure to book a table in the restaurant, as soon as we checked in. Just as well we did, because it did get pretty busy.

This is our last night in Ireland, for now anyway, as the next two will be in Northern Ireland, in Dunmurry, just outside Belfast. Back to the land of proper money and miles. Weather doesn't look promising for tomorrow. Sunday is sightseeing day, so we have our fingers crossed it stays dry then.

That's all for now.