Sunday 10th September

As forecasted, the storm arrived late Saturday night and was set to continue all day today. We had already decided we would not be moving on today, as towing a caravan in these conditions can be very  dangerous and stressful. So a blogging day it was.

The site became very busy over the course of the day, with many motorhomes arriving one after the other. Our new neighbours from Holland, were attempting to erect their tent, but were having serious problems, as the wind was so blustery. Eventually they gave up and said they were off into town to find a B&B.

As a treat and for having been cocooned all day in the ‘van’ we headed into Clifden for supper. We were spoilt for choice but had been recommended Mannion’s, The service was good and the live  traditional Irish music added to the atmosphere. The food was pretty decent too. As we left to leave, we spotted the Dutch couple from our site earlier and they informed us that they had a place for the night. In 40 years of travelling, this was the first time they had had to abandon the tent and find somewhere to spend the night!