We got up to a delicious breakfast at the Waterfront B&B today and after a morning of wandering around the Quay area we got a boat from there which took us out into Clew Bay. We saw lots of small islands (there are reported to be 365 - one for each day of the year - in the bay) and we saw seals as well as jellyfish. The boat crew gave a good commentary of the area and its history. We had salads for lunch at The Towers pub in Westport but couldn't book for dinner has a huge party had already done so. Instead we booked at The Helm, just along the Quayside. For the afternoon we drove up to the Museum of Country Life, which is part of the National Museum of Ireland, in Turlough. The displays were excellent and tell a fascinating story of how industrialisation and any sort of serious development largely passed Ireland by until the mid-20th century. Living off the land really had been a way of life for the Irish for many hundreds of years.
After the museum we went for a drive out to Achill Sound, following the coastal road and seeing some spectacular views. We crossed over a bridge to Achill island and had a car-explore of that before driving back via Newport to Westport. Dinner was at 9pm and was very good indeed with me enjoying prawns and scallops and Gordon enjoying mussels and John Dory. We finished off the evening with a drink or two.
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