Last tourists in Ireland

Everywhere we've been going this week, locals have been saying we must be the 'last tourists' as they're planning to shut down for the Winter. The weather has been so good this week though, it is hard to imagine Winter is coming (except for how cold it is, even though the sun is shining!).

Perfect day today meant the Aran Islands were on at last. We caught the Doolin ferry across to the smallest of the three islands, Inisheer.


On arrival at the island, we were greeted by the island's equivalent of a taxi service - the good old horse and cart.


Of course we couldn't resist and had an hour's tour of the island's major sights including a giant rusted shipwreck, ancient shipwreck and even a holy well!





Tori looks hard for an eel in the well. Apparently, if you spot an eel in the Holy Well of St Enda, 'you are indeed blessed'. No, we didn't spot one !


We had a brilliant lunch of Potato and Chive soup and some freshly cooked mackerel - perfect on a crispy cold day. The island landscape is very beautiful (like the rest of Ireland!) - all grey rocks, green grass, blue sky and dark green ocean. Very dramatic.





Henry made a new friend on the way back to the ferry. Lucky we're all off horse riding tomorrow!



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