July 16, 2015 - Travel to Donegal, High Crosses, Holy Well and hike to Mullaghtan Signal Tower

We traveled to Donegal arriving late in the morning at the Donegal Manor where we dropped off our luggage. We will be staying here for two nights. We then drove to the north side of Donegal Bay and out to one of the many peninsulas in the area. 

On the way we stopped at several early Christian High Crosses. According to Brian most were several centuries old.

We parked at a Church of Ireland church where we started the hike to Mullaghtan Signal Tower which was used primarily by the British as a land and sea watch tower. Shortly after the start of the hike it got very windy (guess sustained at 25-30 mph) and started to rain, at times quite hard. About one third of the way to the tower we passed St. Columba's Holy Well. It was a relatively short hike of 5.8 miles with 1,880' of elevation gain.

Tonight we are headed into Donegal Town for dinner at a pub.

Peg's feet to date blister free and she is doing great.

    High Cross

    High Cross

    St. Columba's Well

    St. Columba's Well 

    Mullaghtan Signal Tower 

    Mullaghtan Signal Tower 

    Atlantic Ocean - a long way down 

    Coastal view