A nice all day outing today

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A nice all day outing today

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Decided to make a bee line for Sligo and do a bit of the Wild Atlantic Way.
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Re: A nice all day outing today

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Peeled off at Donegal and crossed into Co Fermanagh and called into Castlearchdale. A then & now pic

Then, when a Flying Boat RAF Base during WW2
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And now a holiday park
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A couple more pics from around the site
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Re: A nice all day outing today

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Continued round the Lough Erne. Looking across to Devnish Island
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Will finish off tomorrow
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great stuff (thumbs)


I like those then and now pictures
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Nice , i realy fancy the Wild Atlantic Way one day (thumbs)
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Continued around Lough Erne to Lough Navar

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And stopped for a break at the view point over looking Lower Lough Erne.

Looking towards Castle Archdale
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And towards Donegal and the Atlantic this is the flight path the flying boats would have taken to carry out their Atlantic convoy protection duties
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A memorial to a flying Boat aircrew
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A couple more pics taken in Lough Navar
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Continued on to Garrison, Belcoo, Blacklion & Florencecourt, stopped for a spot of fishing at the Cladagh River, water was too low but worthy of a couple of photos
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Started to rain so headed for home and managed to stay just ahead of the incoming rainy spell
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