Wednesday 30th August 2017
Today we didn’t want to venture too far, as the weather was not looking promising and we knew we would have to take down the awning before the rains arrived, so we headed off to Ballincollig.
We had discovered there was a regional park, with a number of walking trails in and around the park, which had was once been home to a gunpowder mills complex from the 18th century.
We made good use of a few of them, taking in the River Lee, Inniscarra Bridge and many of the defunct buildings.
Next on our plan was to follow the River Lee back to the Inniscarra Dam and Taiscumar Reservoir. The dam is an impressive structure. It was built in 1953 and reaches a height of 45 metres, and is 247 metres wide.
Having looked around the dam and reservoir, we headed back to the caravan after a nice day visiting the Ballincollig area.
In the evening we walked to a local restaurant, Stoneview, to celebrate our 1st wedding anniversary, albeit a day late. (The restaurant isn’t open on Tuesdays). I enjoyed fresh turbot and Ray the rib-eye, washed down with a ‘cheeky’ bottle of Portuguese white. The restaurant had lovely views and a great spot to watch the sun go down.
