Rita’s cottage is definitely the most wonderful place we’ve ever stayed in – and we stayed in many lovely places. It’s a house of our dreams – beautiful inside out, warm, bright, lovely colours and views. It’s quiet and close to the sea, got a bath tub and nice showers, a kitchen with everything you need and lots of space. The beach is spectacular – vast and we had it mostly to ourselves, enjoying the wind and ever changing light. There’s many places around to see – we did a boat trip at Sleave League, walked in the stunning Poisoned Glen at the foot of Mount Errigal, drove the narrow roads with amazing views at the peninsula north of the cottage, visited Ardara known for its tweeds and hand weaving (lovely breakfast and cakes at Sheila’s in the Heritage Centre!).
But you can also just stay put and explore the immediate surroundings, there’s a little booklet in the house with some interesting information (megalithic tomb, standing stone etc.) – we’ll have to get to that next time. We enjoyed watching the pheasants, sheep and geese, saying good evening to the cows and their calves in the field right next to the house. We also did a little pub walk to Packie’s Bar (nice views!) and Elliots (ca. 5-6km) – we were happy though that somebody took us home by car :-) .
As described there is the little shop 5min drive away, but also bigger supermarkets ca 15km away (Dungloe).
All in all we can only say we kind of lost our hearts there and would love to return tomorrow, for as long as possible. Thank you Rita, for sharing your wonderful place.