Liscannor, County Clare, Wednesday 12th August

Escaped back down to gorgeous Liscannor, in County Clare, this week for a few days’ surfing and R & R before the school term starts again.  The weather was extraordinary - we arrived down to grey, cold Irish drizzle on Monday, which lasted most of Tuesday too.  Just when I was thinking of calling it short and heading back up to Dublin on Wednesday, out of nowhere came a heaven-sent day. Blue skies, “where’s the factor 30?!” style sunshine.  West Clare is beautiful at any time of year, but when the sun comes out, you feel you’re in paradise. The next day things changed again, but it was still warm and dry, and the surf was up, which kept the teenagers happy.

Surfers brave the waves at Lahinch, Thursday, 13th August