title Walks Around Benbulben and Carrowmore, County Sligo, Ireland - 13th August 2021 intro We're out for dinner with Da Gorls, Noddy and Jilly at the Riverside Hotel where there aren't huge expectations, but where the service and food turns out to be surprisingly good. Then there are a couple of days of walks, including a long one around the flat-topped mountain of Benbulben, and then a short but rainy one around the Carrowmore megalithic cemetery a few miles outside Sligo town. imgc7780 Harry piles out of the lift imgc7782 We're at the Blind Tiger in Sligo again imgc7787 Evely, Fred and Da Wheeze on the bridge imgc7791 Walking on the banks of the Garavogue imgc7792 In the restaurant of the Riverside Hotel imgc7794 Noddy and Isobel imgc7797 Louise holds a glass out imgc7800 Harry's action figure holds a wine glass imgc7806 Fred makes some origami frogs imgc7814 Harry considers a fidget popper imgc7815 An origami pig imgc7816 Isobel and Fred in the taxi back to our digs imgc7818 Fred kicks balloons around the apartment imgc7821 At the junction of Molloway Hill and The Mall imgc7823 Harry and Faith stomp up The Mall imgc7824 An overgrown doorstep imgc7827 This print shop is definitely not open imgc7829 Wheelie bins in a garage imgc7830 A glimpse into a derelict pub imgc7831 More dereliction on The Mall imgc7832 Harry and Faith imgc7833 Harry with his action figure imgc7839 Furey's bar, since 1969, but no more imgc7840 Another closed bar on Bridge Street imgc7841 A shuttered phone shop imgc7842 More shuttered shops imgc7845 Harry and Faith run around imgc7846 Harry's on the pavement for some reason imgc7848 An abandoned pharmacy imgc7850 Fred and Harry do an Abbey Road in IT Sligo imgc7853 Back in the corridors of Benbulben Court imgp8749 A stream in the woods imgp8750 We head off on the path around Benbulben imgp8751 A cottage at the base of Benbulben imgp8757 Fred and Fern on the path imgp8760 A first clear view of Benbulben imgp8765 Fern and Fred at a gate imgp8767 Trees have been blown over, roots and all imgp8771 Philly, Rachel and Isobel imgp8772 We stop for a picnic in the woods imgp8773 Green moss on everything imgp8777 Ra-ra and Harry up a tree imgp8781 Rachel looks back along the path imgp8782 We head off into the rain imgp8784 Trees on the hillside imgp8789 Philly finds some wild blueberries imgp8790 Purple heather imgp8792 Looking back to Benbulben imgp8797 Off in the long grass imgp8802 Faith and Philly pick more blueberries imgp8804 Another hill imgp8807 Fred and Rachel imgp8808 Rachel, Isobel and Fred on a bench imgp8811 A multi-coloured cluster of vegetation imgp8813 The long walk continues imgp8818 Fern hangs out on a gate imgp8819 Fern walks on a barrier imgp8820 Fred has a rest in the grass imgp8821 Noddy and Jilly have caught us up imgp8822 We head off again imgp8825 Noddy's back at the car park imgp8826 Re-grouping in the car park imgp8827 Derelict buildings in Ballytivnan imgp8828 A derelict warehouse on the Link Road imgp8831 Graffiti and an overgrown car park imgp8832 A mad outdoor launderette on the Bundoran Road imgp8834 Couldn't think of anything Witty graffiti imgp8839 A derelict house in the wilderness imgp8840 The wilds of Ballytivnan imgp8842 St Joseph's church hall on Avondale imgp8845 Davida comes back from cataract surgery imgp8847 The Clayton Hotel imgp8849 Rachel and Fred walks around Carrowmore imgp8850 We visit a megalithic passage grave imgp8855 Faith and Harry mess around imgp8856 Fern, Fred and Rachel in the passage grave imgp8857 Harry stands on a rock imgp8859 The Carrowmore passage grave imgp8860 Philly waits for the children imgp8861 A stone circle imgp8867 Walkers on the hill imgp8868 Huddling in the rain imgp8869 Horse riders come back from a trip imgp8871 Covid signs imgp8872 It's wet on the road to Sligo imgp8873 Another stone circle in a field imgp8875 More horse riders imgp8881 A swallow whirls around at high speed imgp8882 The gang roam around imgp8885 The footbridge over the Garavogue in Sligo imgp8891 Davida bumps into someone from years ago imgp8893 Sligo Abbey imgp8894 A derelict launderette imgp8896 Everyone comes back to our apartment