Thursday, September 1 we had a big adventure. We started it by taking a 7 minute flight to the island of Inishmore, the largest of the Aran Islands. I was told to sit up front with the pilot. I guess I was essentially the co-pilot. Lol! I took a video of the flight from the beginning to the end, but I’m not able to post it here. If anyone wants to see it you can check it out on my Rhoe On The Go Facebook page. You don’t even have to be on Facebook to see it. It was so much fun and the fastest way to get to the island. We got there two hours before the earliest ferry arrived.

When we arrived in Inishmore we took the airport shuttle bus to town, then walked to where we were renting E-bikes for the day. I haven’t ridden a bike in a long time and have never ridden an E-bike, but now I want one. I was so thankful we had these instead of regular bikes because the island is very hilly with narrow winding roads. We rode from the eastern end of the island to the western tip.

We stopped at a small village and Marie and I hung out there while the guys hiked to Dun Aonghasa, the oldest stone Fort in Western Europe.

We continued riding on to the end of the road,

Unfortunately when we got to the end of the road my bike slipped on some loose rocks and I did a tuck and roll, gracefully (!) landing on my right side and injuring my ankle. It’s sore but I’ll be fine.

We rode back to the other end of the island. It takes an hour without any stops. Of course we made stops. By this time the island was quite busy after a few ferries had arrived and there were a lot of people walking and bike riding and tour buses were taking people around who preferred to see the island that way. Did I mention how narrow the roads are?

We returned the bikes when we got back because there was too much traffic and we were a bit saddle sore, plus my ankle hurt. We had lunch and wandered around the tiny town until it was time to get the shuttle back to the airport.

Lots of horse and buggies to take the tourists around.

Our flight back was on an even smaller plane and I was in the second row instead of the first. The view wasn’t quite as good as sitting in the front row, but was still enjoyable.

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After an early morning start and a long day we picked up food at the store and ate at home. It was a truly memorable day that we will be talking about for a long time.