Hunting for a secluded location for the night brought us to Cruit island, joined by a short bridge to mainland.
Yet
another fine semicircular bay, the coast is covered by gigantic
boulders with lots of fissures, very pleasant to wander around.
Ireland
is very lucky to have so many fine beaches, being on the cool side,
they are not ruined by tourism. On top, there is never any rubbish on the beach, nor any washed up wastes.
At
the small pier off Cruit island, saw a fisherman in a small boat.
Always good to have a chat and see if he has some seafood to offer.
It
was our luck that he had lobster pots in the bay, offered us 3 pieces
for 10 euro. Irish fishermen are so nice, they only ask for the same
wholesale price that they get from buyers, not the retail price we pay
in the market.
Nearby at the pier saw a large courtyard with piles of seaweed, wander in to have a look and end up chatting to the very friendly manager. It is a company that extracts the juice from seaweed to use as fertilizer. He offered a quick tour of the operation, first is to rinse salt off seaweed, remove all shells, chop very fine then centrifuge the juice, finish. They sell all over the world for commercial use, like club lawns.
It is a windy and rainy day, typically Irish weather, and we keep to our journey to Dunlewy, to walk the Poisoned Glen trail.
One of those giant glacial valley, beautiful U shape curves, and totally wild. The
ground is boggy and raining nonstop, which are not the problem, we are
equipped with wet weather gear, the misty atmosphere is enchanting.
Carry
on to Glenveagh National Park, walked up a short steep hill to the view
point for the lake and valley, again a misty view of the valley.
Walked around the walled garden of the castle. A vibrant burst of colours, very well done by two full time gardeners.
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