Today the cloud base remained at, or close to, ground level throughout the day. A lot of people were out and about; Sunday excursionists. Were they not indifferent to the weather, the Irish would, I suppose, never leave their home, or local pub, firesides. I too had ventured out, with plans to visit nearby Neolithic sites, of which there are many hereabouts, and to drive along the coast to enjoy spectacular views of what are billed as the imposing Cliffs of Moher. Frustrated by low visibility and a wet atmosphere my plans did not come to much but I did look in at the remarkably intact remains of the 1,000 year old Caherconnell Stone Fort and a recently excavated Neolithic structure adjacent to it.
Perhaps the inclement weather added something to the atmosphere of the strange, seemingly infinite limestone pavement of the Burren but it did little for my enthusiasm to explore it. The cliffs of Moher are described in the Rough Guide as 'awesome'. As maybe, but they were invisibly so and cliff top hotels and boarding houses with names promising views of Galway Bay, the Aran Islands and the Atlantic Ocean today looked out onto nothing more than a blanket of grey mist.
I may not have had too much enthusiasm for becoming lost in the mist but my sprits have remained high.
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| Caherconnell |
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| Enigmatic Neolithic structure adjacent to Caherconnel |
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