Spending the previous day mostly underground I felt like to doing things in a opposite site, which meant to go to see mountains - from bottom to the top as to describe day ;)
There is the place called The Mourne Mountains just behind the border to Northern Ireland. Dutch-Italian-Finnish team was gathered up and ready to go to see some castles, scenery, granite mountains in the area where highest peaks of Northern Ireland reach the sky at height of 850 meters. Morning didn't look that good, clouds in the sky and some rain while driving but as Mourne Mountains got closer, the sky became clearer and rain ended. On the way as I stopped to gas up the car, starting look through my pockets which go through them made me realize one thing: I forgot my wallet at home!!
Which means that I was driving a rented car to a different country without having ID's, drivers' licence or money with me. I kind off hoped that polices would not stop us anywhere in during that day because it might turn out to be interesting moment... It was clear that I started to be a bit tired of the whole week trips because of all long days and short nights.
Our trip followed road along coastline along a scenic drive called Mourne Coastal Road started from Newry and finishing as we drove through same city on out way back to Maynooth. In the heart of the mountains lies place called Silent Valley Mountain park and built in 1930's as damming of Kilkeel River was completed to provide water for county Down and most parts of the Belfast which it still do.
After a park we stopped in New Castle town in a tourist information point where a very friendly women gave us pile of leaflets what to do so there was no other options than sit down for a coffee and make some plans. We thought to climb up the mountains but unfortunately during that day wind was blowing that coldly that we decided to stay in lower ground levels and drive by some scenic driving loops having only photo stops. The kind of tourism that you pull over car somewhere, jump out of the car (or just open the window), take pictures and quickly back into a car to continue forward... Very experiencing indeed but still good way to see surroundings before turning back to Ireland.
After passing safely the border back to Ireland we decide to stop in a city called Drogheda to have a dinner all together. A desert ghost town in my opinion. Since we walked (in a center) there was almost more close up bars, shops, B&B's than open ones.. So we failed to find a pub to eat in, can you imagine.. Not finding a pub in Ireland!? Ending up eating Chinese food, all you can eat menu filled up with small portions to mix and match. I liked the idea and tried for example Duck in orange sauce. Totally I ate 6 portions and two appetizers, I was full! That night I slept like a baby after got home.
There is the place called The Mourne Mountains just behind the border to Northern Ireland. Dutch-Italian-Finnish team was gathered up and ready to go to see some castles, scenery, granite mountains in the area where highest peaks of Northern Ireland reach the sky at height of 850 meters. Morning didn't look that good, clouds in the sky and some rain while driving but as Mourne Mountains got closer, the sky became clearer and rain ended. On the way as I stopped to gas up the car, starting look through my pockets which go through them made me realize one thing: I forgot my wallet at home!!Which means that I was driving a rented car to a different country without having ID's, drivers' licence or money with me. I kind off hoped that polices would not stop us anywhere in during that day because it might turn out to be interesting moment... It was clear that I started to be a bit tired of the whole week trips because of all long days and short nights.Our trip followed road along coastline along a scenic drive called Mourne Coastal Road started from Newry and finishing as we drove through same city on out way back to Maynooth. In the heart of the mountains lies place called Silent Valley Mountain park and built in 1930's as damming of Kilkeel River was completed to provide water for county Down and most parts of the Belfast which it still do.
After a park we stopped in New Castle town in a tourist information point where a very friendly women gave us pile of leaflets what to do so there was no other options than sit down for a coffee and make some plans. We thought to climb up the mountains but unfortunately during that day wind was blowing that coldly that we decided to stay in lower ground levels and drive by some scenic driving loops having only photo stops. The kind of tourism that you pull over car somewhere, jump out of the car (or just open the window), take pictures and quickly back into a car to continue forward... Very experiencing indeed but still good way to see surroundings before turning back to Ireland.After passing safely the border back to Ireland we decide to stop in a city called Drogheda to have a dinner all together. A desert ghost town in my opinion. Since we walked (in a center) there was almost more close up bars, shops, B&B's than open ones.. So we failed to find a pub to eat in, can you imagine.. Not finding a pub in Ireland!? Ending up eating Chinese food, all you can eat menu filled up with small portions to mix and match. I liked the idea and tried for example Duck in orange sauce. Totally I ate 6 portions and two appetizers, I was full! That night I slept like a baby after got home.
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