The Connemara Tour

While reading, what about listening to the french song : "Les lacs du Connemara" ? (click on the name of the song to see the lyrics)

The pictures are available by a click here.

We went (Pilou, Sebou, Ryan & Aniz) on a tour of Connemara with the Pilou Pocket Car. Before going on the road, we went to the Dunnes Store in order to buy the tourist necessary sucha as a tent and foods. Pilou, the conductor, drives at the left in the direction of Clifden. Before, we stop at a little Coral beach and like the Ryan’s book says, we went in the direction of the hill : Ben Lettery, one of the Twelve Bens. We tried to climb this mountain. We didn’t go till the top because it is really hard to climb, but just at the half of this mountain, the point of view was so beautiful.

Afterwards, we continued our tour. On the road, we noticed that it’s writing that we can go at 100km/h but, this road is so bad that in reality, it's impossible to drive over than 60km/h. We went to Clifden where there is a beautiful “Dirac” and Sebou spent all his money in a gift shop. After Clifden, The Connemara National Park is a place impossible to forget. Over there, there is some way for pedestrians. In this link, there is some information if you want to visit this place. We choosed to do the longest one. A woman, who we met at the Park's entrance, told us that we could make the longest way  in 2h30 just for 6,7km; it was a real surprise so we were thinking we will do this in less than 2h30.

Finally, we understood quickly that this way is very hard; and we must climb some stairs made with big stones. That's why, we did some breaks. We were lucky, because the weather was beatiful for a such ballade. There is too much sun for Sebou, because his face was red. Finally, at the top of this Diamond Hill (the main hill of the park), we saw a very beautiful view. A big part of the Connemara could be watched. You have to do this yourself, because the pictures don’t show how beautiful it is.

In the evening, we ate in a restaurant in Leenane. We think that Irish people like spicy food because all of the menus are spicy. It’s good.

After this meal, we tried to find a place where we can sleep in our mobile home. After a lot of road, we found a place when it is dark. It’s a place in a field at the foot of a mountain and near the sheep. We build the tent, we drunk some beer and we went to bed!!! We were 4 for a tent of 3 person, it was funny; but it's an adventure. Pilou tried to stress us with some noise outside!!! At 4h30, we wake up with a sheep who call his baby. And finally, we slept till 8h45.

When we woke up, we saw a different view than the previous evening. In the evening, we was thinking that there is some trees but when in the morning the surprise was nice. It was really beautiful but without any tree.

After, we went to visit the Connemara’s lake. There are two main lakes : Lough Derg & Lough Corrib. We tried to find the good road. The way to go to the correct place was very hard to find because there was no signal. Sebou, with his map and with chance, guided us to the Corrib’s lake. It’s beautiful.

After a break in Oughterard, we returned on Galway. Sebou and Pilou must drive for 5 hours again.