WILD WEST SHOW
A weather window of bright sunshine shakes us into action a few days into our family trip along the 1,600-mile long Wild Atlantic Way. This waymarked route is the aptly named, Atlantic-facing west coast of Ireland where, in places, waves can reach as high as a house. Aboard our scarlet VW T5 campervan we have arrived in County Sligo, a couple of hundred miles south from the start of the Way in Muff, County Donegal. With the sun in view, I wheedle at my two teenage daughters: ‘If we climb Knocknarea Mountain today to visit Queen Maeve’s tomb, then you won’t have to go barefoot up Croagh Patrick.’
My reason? Knocknarea, four miles from Sligo town on the Coolera Peninsula, is a mere 327m high, whereas the sacred peak of Croagh Patrick in County Mayo, which is further down the route, is a towering 762m in
