Shopping at B+Q

Well, the plan was to nip up to Connemara for an evening with my cousin Sue and her husband John who have a B&B and sea-fishing business in Clifden and then stop in Galway on the way home for a bit of shopping and a visit to B&Q. Weather forecast wasn’t brilliant but thought we would be able to dodge the showers.
As it turned out we left the rain behind us in Clare on Monday afternoon and drove from Galway to Clifden in glorious sunshine. We had a great evening including more than a few glasses of wine and a lovely dinner cooked by Sue.
John then asked if we wanted to postpone our shopping and join them on his boat the next day with some friends for a trip to Inishshark – one of the abandoned islands off the coast next to Inishboffin. Clearly this was clearly a much better option than B&Q and we had a fabulous day – with blue skies and non-stop sunshine.
Inishshark was inhabited by up to 200 people until about 1960 when they left for a variety of reasons but primarily because they had exhausted the only energy source - peat - on the island!
Landed on the island by rubber dinghy and after exploring some of the abandoned houses, we walked to the west side of the island where there are spectacular cliffs. In addition to a couple of iron-age sites and burial cairns, we also saw Skuas and a pair of nesting Peregrine Falcons – who were not happy that we walked across their territory. Very few people ever land on the island these days so I guess they are not interrupted very often.
Landed back at Cleggan by about 6.00pm and drove home via Galway where we managed a quick supper of fish and chips from McDonagh’s – the best I have tasted in some time.
Can’t wait for the next time we go shopping at B&Q!