Lough Agher

It was time to head back home from Ards Forest Park. We were on the road back when we noticed that there was a sign which said Lough Agher. We wondered about that and we looked it up and it was supposedly only 20 minutes away from where we were, so we decided to visit this place. It seems that Ireland has marked a lot of these places and opened them up for tourism. Most of the tourism here in this area are self driving tourism so it pays to have good signage for these places. I think I like it like this as it sort of avoids the mass tourism which I have ruined the experience in other countries. I still have to see mass tourism here in Ireland, but maybe I just haven’t been to Dublin or the more popular places yet.

The road to Lough Agher was scenic as usual. The Irish countryside is always stunning to look at though I just wish the roads would be a little wider. Sometimes these roads are not even wide enough to accommodate two cars. And for some reason, Irish drivers like pushing their cars to somewhat dangerous speeds even on small road such as these. We came to a sign which said Lough Agher and we were concerned that the road to the lough is even smaller than the previous one. This one has rigid plants in the middle of the roads and you can hear the scraping that is happening as we passed on the road. I hope nothing happened there.

We eventually came to a clearing with the Lough Agher right in front of us. However, upon opening the doors, we were greeted by powerful gusts of winds which chilled us to the bone. I guess this place was high enough and the nearby mountains where funneling the wind in this direction. Lough Agher wasn’t anything special, as it looked much like the other loughs which we have visited. The sun was setting in the distance and we managed to capture some dynamic shots of the sun peering through the clouds. Now, getting home was a problem. Our GPS navigation told us to go straight ahead, however, the road got considerably worse. There were even flooded portions of the road, which made us worry about the vehicle. If the engine stalls, we won’t know where we would be able to find help in the middle of nowhere. After about 45 minutes of agonizing rough road, we managed to make it back into civilization. I was amazed that road was even in the map! Fortunately, we arrived home in one piece.

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