Along a narrow, switchback, very-back road we arrived at our lovely brief holiday location. Joanne greeted us with an apology - she had flour on her apron because the scones she was making for us weren't quite ready yet! Goodness! There's a caring lady.
The apartment was bright and spacious with many sweet touches - the frog clock, a very good pseudo-Dali painting painted by Joanne when a teenager. A thoroughly well laid out accommodation.
The living room comfortably co-existed with the kitchen. There was a nice wood/coal burning stove which we used in the evening and boy, it was warm!
The roomy bathroom and toilet suite was down a small passageway, off the kitchen/lounge.
The bedroom was up a well designed open plan staircase which wasn't too steep and we only used the double bed (which was lovely) but there were also 2 single beds to make it a family room and it didn't feel a tight space. There were several furniture items there too - wardrobe, drawers etc.
All main rooms overlooked a lovely tidy garden with a sturdy picnic table where we breakfasted each day. At the far end was a lovely wooden floored terrace with a barbecue area. Beyond Meenagowna (which means valley of the calves) was an open, humpy, rough area of thickets (with some cows and calves) as far as the eye could see, all the way to the sea. It echoed with many bird calls all the time - true countryside - and we even had a frequent set of calls and even a visit from a cuckoo. It was hard to tear ourselves away from the garden. We even had a brief visit from a deer.
We took a walk from the house along a typical Irish green road, switchbacking its way through a neighbouring garden, past a local lake and then along the minor back road to the myriad of white sanded beaches nearby. And everybody we met was so friendly.
Joanne and her husband, Pat, were a mine of local information on walks and water-based knowledge and nothing seemed to be too much trouble for them.
This was our best ever long weekend away.