After breakfast Tuesday we traveled down to Ballyconneely and I played the Connemara Golf Course. It was right on the water at Mannin Bay and was beautiful to walk. It was dry this time but windy and crisp, so I bought a wool hat to keep the wind out of my ears while I walked the hilly course. Mary went off to do some hiking in Connemara National Park and picked me up after my round. On the way back to the hotel we drove down a long narrow peat bog trail that led to the site where Marconi transmitted the first transatlantic wireless radio signal; it was received on Signal Hill, Newfoundland. Not more than a few hundred yards from the transmitter site is a memorial, in the middle of the bog, where the first transatlantic flight ended in a crash about 8 years before Lindberg’s famous solo flight. After dinner I sampled some Irish whiskey at the hotel and we made it an early night with achy muscles from a day of golf and hiking the national park.
Hi John, Your trip sounds great. I'm curious about the one thing. Is the sign you took a picture of a warning or an invitation. In your previous blog you mention staying at the Abbey Glen Castle. When we were in Galway we stayed at the Glen Lo Abbey. It had the dining train car from the Orient Express. Enjoy the rest of your trip. See you next week.
ReplyDeleteA warning or an invitation... hmmm, too much with relatives?
ReplyDeletetoo much time, that is. (wink)
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