The tide cometh in...a bit too close for our liking.

Sunday15th July

Just like being back on the boat hearing the noise of the rain beating down on the roof. All night and all day the rain continued and this caused a dilemma. Do we continue with our plans to visit Kylemore Abbey with its 6 acres of walled Victorian gardens and walk the 1.5km to get to the Abbey from the gardens or do we give up on our plans and keep heading North? Decision made it would do no harm for us to see if the weather improved so we may as well drive the 12km, pull into the car park and decide then.

It was still raining heavily when we arrived at the Abbey but thought we may as well still enquire about the price. €10 for seniors wasn't bad and when we heard that a shuttle bus would take us to and from the gardens, it was all systems go. So wet weather gear on for the first time in weeks and a very pleasant 4 hours spent at the Abbey.

Out of the murk the figure of Jesus looked down on us 

By the time we left the clouds had lifted and Jesus could be seen more easily.

Final photo as we left. If only the weather had been better. So many walks to go on that a day could easily have been spent here.

Back on the road and a place on our list was to the Ceide Fields at Ballycastle, County Mayo. A stone age monument with its bog fields, field systems, dwelling areas and megalithic tombs. About 70km away it was doable taking about 2.5 hours. Arrival time according to the sat nav was 4.30pm. But as we approached the River Erriff a sign pointing the way to a waterfall. This we had to see. Although the falls themselves had some flow to it the main attraction and such a bonus for us, was the Salmon leaping to get further upstream.  Over an hour was spent watching them so our 4.30pm arrival time went way out of the window.

In the end, a place was found just outside Newport by Burrishoole Abbey, a very quiet place with water on one side and graveyard on the other. 

It was as we finished dinner that Ian happened to look out of the window. Oh, 'eck....the water had risen considerably and was now flowing over the grass area.  15 minutes later it reached the Beast. Time to move across to be nearer the cemetery.

The first time we have spent the night this close to a cemetery. Hope them ghosties keep themselves to themselves!