We spent a couple of nights last week in Carna in Connemara. Oh…to be away! It was Heaven. And the best thing was, we booked into a pet friendly hotel so we got to bring our dog Cotton.
It was meant to be a two hour drive to Carna Bay Hotel, but Stephano took the scenic route. Which I didn’t mind until our satnav, Bridie, announced after two and a half hours, ‘You have reached your destination’.
‘Excuse me Bridie…what did you say?’ I demanded.
We were in a beautiful place indeed, but I couldn’t see a hotel, or a shop, or people. I could see the sea, stone walls, and loads of graves!
‘Stephano, where did you tell Bridie to take us?’
‘Carna.’
‘Not the hotel?’ I scowled. The dog was hungry and so was I.
‘No, I put in Carna, just to see where she’d bring us.’
JUST TO SEE WHERE SHE’D BRING US!
So I instructed Bridie to take us to Carna Bay Hotel. She obeyed and got us there a half an hour later.
Even though the drive was three hours long, it really didn’t matter because the scenery was idyllic. The West of Ireland truly is a beautiful place to be.
Today’s post was in response to Linda G Hill’s Stream of Conscious Saturday – #SoCS. Today’s prompt is ‘drive.’
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So nice to getaway! It looks so lovely. Yes, you need to be specific with a GPS. So funny.
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Thanks Darlene. Oh yes, you really do need to be specific or you could end up anywhere!
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I love your ‘Scenic” trip and ending at that isolated place. I am a nature freak and love those desolated and untouched areas. I can understand your confusion for not being where you thought you should be, but I am sure that you still enjoyed it.
Glad you made your way to your hotel and had an awesome time
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Thank you Esme. Yes, it was really beautiful. Enjoyed it thoroughly. Lovely to get away for the few days! 🙂
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Enjoyed. I have to get back at #SOCS.
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Thank you! I’ve missed a few weeks. It’s hard to keep up with it all….😄
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Are we there yet? Haaaahaha! I enjoyed this but unlike you I probably would have used some choice language not to disimilar sounding to Gaelic. X Thank goodness for the scenery.
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Aon focal, da focal, two focal eile…..??
😅 Oh, I know that language very well Ellen. 😆
Thanks for visiting x
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Wow what a beautiful place! It’s great that you were able to take your little dog with you too. It’s a good job you had stunning scenery to look at on your long journey and at least you didn’t end back where you started from!!
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Yes, the scenery did make the journey seem a little bit shorter. Ha ha….lucky for the driver we didn’t end up back where we started! 😄
Thanks Fiona.
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