Day 20 – Quilty to Tarbert 71 km (883 km 548 miles)
Along the Wild Atlantic Way (which is still not wild at all) to the seaside towns of Kilkee and Kilrush, then the ferry from Killimer to Tarbert across the mouth of the Shannon river. More sun and blue skies, but fortunately a little cooler.
Staying in a weird rundown, scruffy hotel just outside Tarbert that is almost deserted and appears on the brink of financial collapse. The local people on the ferry quietly looked at one another when we said where we were staying. Then one offered to give us a good price on a room if we found the place unsatisfactory. Our standards can be fairly low. Good deal on the room. Cheapest so far. Four poster bed that has seen better times, but handy for hanging our washing on.
The schools have broken up now so there are a lot of Irish folks on holiday. Smaller roads still good. Faster roads much busier and it seems the gap the cars give us is definitely getting narrower.
