A very impressive cave system

Tuesday 17th July

Another Cave on the cards today and one which was in Northern Ireland. Marble Arch Cave in County Fermanagh. And what a cave. A voucher in a leaflet we found at an information centre was for a two for one deal with the total cost being €6.75 and boy was it worth every penny. We would gladly have paid more, such was the impressiveness of the caverns. First a short boat trip following the underground river then a walk of about a kilometre which was full of wonderful stalactites and mites.

Boat trip

Many years ago a group of lads thought it would be fun to throw rocks at this stalactite. One aim was accurate and took the end clean off. It was found later and stuck back on with a special substance like super glue. That's the dark circular mark that can be seen.

 Once we left the caves it was back to trying to sort out another aerial. Trying to source a one was like trying to pull Hen's teeth! The nearest town to us was Enniskillen which happened to be in Northern Ireland. And yes....the return of our data allowance meant a frenzied search online. Nothing came up so as we stopped to ask some of the locals if a Chandlers or motorhome spares place was in the area, Unfortunately, we got the thumbs down.

Back to searching the web and eBay. A seller in the UK with just the aerial we wanted was found and was also willing to send to Northern Ireland as a click and collect from Argos. Looks like we may be staying in the area for a few days.

Another super night stop right by a lake in the Ely Lodge Forest. Red Squirrels have been sighted here so tomorrow we go on the lookout.