Same Shirt, Different day-2012 Adventures of the "Devonport Wonder Babes"

Wednesday 27^th June Westport to Donegal via Innishcrone Seaweed baths            

 Misty Irish morning in Westport. Lyndsay was the only one of the four of us who foolishly chose the healthy option of muesli and fruit only for her breakfast and when the Irish Breakfasts, including black pudding, arrived for the rest of us her lip dropped and she packed a giant sad. Fortunately her companions are kind hearted women and each donated to her a portion of their Irish breakfast !! 

Headed off about 10 am intending to go to Achill Island for an hour or two but when we got there the mist (well, rain by then) was so low even the smallest mountains were hidden, so continued on towards a small town on the coast of Co. Sligo called Innischrone where there are the Killcullen seaweed baths, opened in 1912.

Killcullen Seaweed baths exterior

Killcullen seaweed baths interior

They are beautifully maintained tiled rooms with two large baths in each and a steam box in the corner. The seaweed that is gathered from the local seashore is washed and heated with steam before it goes into the bath. You start by sitting in the steam box for 5 minutes then get into the hot bath with the seaweed and wallow there for up to an hour before having a cold seawater shower and emerge feeling fantastic.  

Bath filled with seaweed and hot water

Lynds in steam box

Mermaid fantasy 1

Mermaid fantasy 2

Continued on towards Donegal and went to WB Yates grave, café and gift shop which has lots of Yates books. Fortunately we were there later in day so only a couple of coach tours

On to Donegal, got B&B by 7.30 pm then to Castlel Bar in main square very nice dinner, caesar salad, crab, pear and almond tart plus obligatory Guinness and watched end of Spain vs Portugal football match won by Spain in penalty shootout. Have date to watch Germany v Italy on Thursday night and have to be Germans for this game.