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Wednesday 18/04/2012 Lough Key Forest Park - Doon Shore - Drummans Island

Length of boat trip: 2.5 hours

Motto of the day: Exploring Lough Key

A sunny day starts.

Lough Key Forest Park JettyBreakwater

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lough Key Forest Park JettyCastle Island

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lough KeyAirplane

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The wind has again changed to NE. Today we explore some old navigations on Lough Key. We drive at first around Drummans Island into the navigation east of Trinity Island.

Trinity IslandTrinity Island

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then we go around Trinity Island and through the new marked course into Erris Bay.

Erris BayErris Bay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erris BayErris Bay, view back

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erris Bay, view backErris Bay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erris BayErris Bay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erris BayErris Bay end of navigation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After driving back to the main navigation we go upstream the Boyle River and follow the canal to Boyle harbour.

Back on Lough Key we drive between Church Island and Hogs Island to the route into the northern end of the lake. Here we moor at Doon’s floating pontoon behind Stag Island/Tinarinnow Point opposite Long Island... it seems that luckily a piece of the new installed breakwater at Lough Key Forest Park has found its way up the lake …

Doon's Shore floating pontoonView to Lough Key Forest Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We relax in the sun and relax … and I become sunburned. Late in the afternoon we drive back to Drummans Island.

Leaving the northwest end of Lough KeyLough Key Forest Park ahead

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Castle IslandCastle Island

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drummans Island JettyCastle Island

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knock Airport Max 10.3°C Min 3.6°C Rainfall 1.5 mm (We had no rain) Sun hours 7.3 (We had more) Wind NE F3, at times F4 in the afternoon

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