Editor Pick
The Western Way
- July 5, 2000
- Rated 3 of 5 by
Sean Harnett from Galway, Ireland
Not a particularly difficult route in terms of length or gradient, but a challenge if you've never walked on bogs before. For most of its first half the trail meanders over wet, vetch-brown land; watch out that you don't fall, or you'll stumble the rest of the way covered in dark Irish muck. But, if you get a couple of clear, dry days (rare enough in Ireland) the Western Way is worth walking, especially its later stages, where it is possible to find along the way something that is truly rare in Ireland: wildness. Just don't forget to bring your raingear!
From journal A Wet Weekend in Connemara