We have had enough wind and rain in the Shannon waterways so we heading East after finishing the tour of Loch Derg by going round the southern tip. We stopped off at Kilacoe enroute for an excellent coffee and cakes in a French cafe. This part of the Loch is less bleak than the northern lochs, more like our own lake district or Derbyshire. We went up the East coast of the Loch as far north as Dromineer, which has a large pleasure boat/cruising marina and was very quiet for a weekend. Hopefully just out of season or bad weather or the Irish tourist industry has a problem.
We joined the M7 to head towards Dublin to do some quick miles, in more pouring rain, before turning off south east through the Wicklow mountains to a campsite at Roundwood. The GPS took us over the Sally Gap, a narrow mountain road with few laybys (and not much traffic fortunately) , which in the weather conditions, was quite interesting. We had everything from hail storms to rainbows in the 20 miles. I managed to find a few spots to take photos of swollen streams tumbling down the mountains but the scenery would be much better in good weather.
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