Bog day. 31.8-mile ride, mostly around the Roundstone Blanket Bog.
South out of Clifden, out on a peninsula, stop at Alcock and Brown monument,
return to main road, continue south to Ballyconneely, and then along shore
of Ballyconneely Bay to Roundstone, where we stop and shop and eat lunch.
North around bog, and then a small road that cuts through the bog and back to hotel.
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rugged terrain
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Alcock & Brown Monument (2 pix), first to fly across Atlantic
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views along Clifden Bay (2 pix)
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old Church of Ireland, with modern bell tower
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an unusual, round house
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scenes along Mannin Bay (7 pix)
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farmstead ruins
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Wild Thyme (2 pix)
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yellow and blue
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along Mannin Bay, north shore
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purple flowers
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roadside, along north shore of Mannin Bay
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views from south shore of Mannin Bay (3 pix)
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sea horses
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panorama (R to L, 2 pix)
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orange flowers (2 pix)
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Daisies
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scenes along road to Roundstone (5 pix)
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(hiking trail)
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(Aran Islands in background)
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entrance to Roundstone
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home in Roundstone
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painter, packing up
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Roundstone, as seen by painter (2 pix)
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wash day
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headed around east edge of Roundstone Blanket Bog; Twelve Bens in background
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views from small road through the bog (20 pix)
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gorse (furze, whin), a very thorny shrub
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sea-wind-sculpted tree in the bog
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very common, but unknown flower
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purple flower
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panorama, approaching Clifden (2 pix)
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southern entrance to Clifden
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Marsha, one of our leaders
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done ridin' for this trip!
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waitress at E.J. King's (she's from Spain)
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dinner table
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table without Pete
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table with Pete; Lynn, our other leader, is second in on right
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scenes from "musical evening" in Clifden town hall (11 pix)
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boats at quay, morning of 8th day
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sailboat from France, morning 8th day
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