20th April 2012. A trip to Sligo and the Atlantic Coast.

We were lucky enough to be taken out again by our friends, Gerry and Violet. We drove over towards the coast at Sligo and stopped to look at the stunning views over the valley of Glencar.

Glencar waterfall was very impressive. There has not been much rain recently in Northern Ireland, though we hear that England is quite wet too!

Glencar valley was lovely.

We visited WB Yeats' grave at St Columba's Church, where an ancestor of his was once the rector. Yeats wrote his own epitaph, for his tombstone, which reads:-

Cast a cold eye
On life, On death
Horseman pass by! 

St Colomba's Church near Drumcliffe is quite impressive. It lies just to the north of Sligo.

Benbulben Mountain dominates the skyline, as we head north along the Atlantic Coast to Bundoran.

The sky was so blue, with cotton wool clouds, above the Atlantic rollers. 

We walked round the headland to look across to Bundoran, which is a major holiday resort, on the other side of the bay. These brave (or foolhardy?) boys were jumping into the sea from the rocky outcrop in front of us.

Later on the waves kept on rolling in from the Atlantic, but the sky told us that it was time to go home to The Puzzler! We had really enjoyed the day.