Ireland day 1403. Friday 01 August 2025- To Doolin DWC

Today’s summary	Drove down to Doolin, Co Clare, to stay with friends in their cottage. Straightforward journey took about 4 hours. Went to Gus O’Connor’s Pub for dinner and drinks in the evening
Today’s weather	Light shower as we left Dublin, they dry and mostly overcast. Light north westerly wind. Appx 18c

Today’s overview location (The blue mark shows the location of our route)		Close-up location (The blue line shows where we walked) (No GPX today)

Commentary

The next few days’ blogs will be shorter than normal as we are staying with friends for a few days in their cottage in Doolin, Co Clare, on the west coast of Ireland, and I don’t want to spend the whole time anti-socially hunched over my laptop, writing!

We had done most of our packing yesterday, so this morning we only had to get the food out of the fridge, get our clothes, bedding and other personal items together, and jump in the car. But it still took us until noon to get ready.

Anyway eventually we were ready and we trundled off. It was a fairly straightforward journey and it took us just over four hours, with a stop midway. We travelled the M1/M50/M4/M6/M18 route and it went smoothly apart from a brief hold up on the busy M50. We eventually pulled into Doolin at about 4:30.

After cups of tea in the back garden, and a catch up on all the news with our friends, we headed off to the nearby Gus O’Connor’s pub for the evening. We enjoyed a couple of pints (a Murphy’s – just for a change – and a Guinness, in my case) and a very nice beef casserole for dinner. We stayed until about 10pm, with the last half hour enjoying the lively musical ambience and the buzzing atmosphere.

Back in the cottage now, time to enjoy a night-cap perhaps, and to start planning the coming days’ adventures. Can’t wait to get started!

Today’s photos (click to enlarge)


The Trusty Yaris, at the end of his latest journey	Time for a cup of tea in the back garden

View to the east – Doolin..	..and to the west – the back-side of the Cliffs of Moher



Refreshments, courtesy of Gus O’Connor