Westport.

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I took a little road trip on Sunday with my French friend Noémie. We went to Westport, on the west coast of Mayo. It's the only town in Mayo that's won the Tidy Town Award three times (true story. There's actually a Tidy Town Competition. And it's apparently very competitive). Anyway it was totally adorable. It ended up being an incredibly beautiful day and we walked all over the grounds of Westport House, this old English estate just outside of town. We were the only ones there and everything was closed, but it was so beautiful and haunting. We tromped around for hours taking photos. And on our drive back, we stopped to admire the ruins of a castle at sunset.

An incredibly beautiful day.

Drive By.

Morag took me on a long drive across Mayo today to visit one of the tiniest and most beautiful beaches I've ever seen. We stopped and had a picnic lunch in the car with the kids and I walked around long enough to be legitimately concerned about being blown over by the insane wind. I'd guess the population of Portacloy, the town that hugs the hills surrounding the little picturesque scene, numbers under 100. We ended up in the town of Belmullet before taking another scenic route back.

A very very beautiful day.