Wild Atlantic Way in a Moho?

[HymerB544]

We are going over to Rosslare to do the south and west coast- and parts of WAW - in late May. This book “Take The Slow Road, Ireland, by Martin Dorsey, is an excellent guide, Gary

 

[Old_VicR]

We did it in June 2019 (in what appears to be an identical motorhome)! Some of the roads are extremely narrow, but it is the most wonderful trip we have ever made. Fabulous scenery, great campsites in the most amazing locations and wonderful people. Unfortunately our trip was spoilt by a drunken farmers who chose to drive his tractor into the rear of our Arto!

 

[OCD]

We did the gap of Dunloe when everyone said not to do it in a moho...it was a rented moho but being a trucker of 28 years helped a bit ...scary all the same ..this is what we done it in..

 

[OCD]

Didn't have the swingers to try Connor pass yet...its like this for miles.
Done it in the wife's Seat Ateca and that was scary enough...fog like pea soup and when we got to the top I'm not joking in saying the rain was coming horizontal at us !!
And yes folks it's a two way traffic road

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[CaptainPaul]

You'll be grand, I'm from Donegal spuds and all

I live on the wild Atlantic way my bus is 9 metres with a metre of bike rack on the rear and I've never had any bother on any roads in Ireland at any time of year, but being local it's maybe the way we drive them lol as for the bog emptying there's loads of campsites along the way so as I say you'll be grand céad míle fáilte

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[OCD]

You'll be grand, I'm from Donegal (spuds and all ) my bus is 9 metres with a metre of bike rack on the rear and I've never had any bother on any roads at any time of year, but being local it's maybe the way we drive them lol as for the bog emptying there's loads of campsites along the way so as I say you'll be grand céad míle fáilte

For Donegal in a couple of weeks.

 

[CaptainPaul]

I'm in Turkey, its lashing at home! (And there's never views like this in Donegal from your van window)

 

[OCD]

I'm in Turkey, its lashing at home!

Clearing up now

 

[Puddleduck]

We've done bits of it out of season in April a few years ago.

My favourite places were as follows:

Achill Island. We cycled the Great Western Greenway in both directions - Westport to Mulranny and back to Westport. Then moved the van and stayed in the beach carpark (with permission) in Mulranny for a couple of nights and cycled to Achill Island and back. We then moved onto Achill Island and had several days there.

Downings / Downies in Donegal and

The Flying Boat Museum at Foynes.

Oh and don't miss the Lartigue Railway in Listowel. These might not be on the route ....

also The Sheep and Wool Centre at Leenane. So many places to visit.

Another for the Aire in Cobh (near Cork). Easy to get a train from there. We took the BritStops book with us and enjoyed a few free nights although we found being out of season and if we asked we were welcome to park up for a night or two in some spectacular places.

We did not stick to the route at all after a few days and would get the map out and see if there was anything interesting marked nearby.



One place I would avoid in future was The Gold Coast near Waterford. We had a bad experience there although Waterford is lovely and there is also a cycle route and heritage railway ....

 

[Northernraider]

Don't know about August but I do know that at weekends the Irish love to get out and enjoy themselves which can sometimes make finding overnight parking a bit hit and miss. Might be worse in August? Even campsites get fully booked quickly.

Roads wise, the WAW does have some narrow and twisty bits - it's how they get the scenery of course, but we never had a problem in our 8m (with rack) m/h. Just need to be observant and don't rush - the Irish don't understand "rush" or "hurry" anyway! Only thing we had a problem with was disposing of domestic rubbish - no litter bins as Irish pay commercial contractors and councils don't provide rubbish collection. However that does mean that we never once encountered litter in the Republic - until we crossed back into N.I.

Thats good to know as om hoping to do it September october in am 8 metre tag axle ( hopefully with a rack too)

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[Marty Gilly and Pup]

We've done bits of it out of season in April a few years ago.

My favourite places were as follows:

Achill Island. We cycled the Great Western Greenway in both directions - Westport to Mulranny and back to Westport. Then moved the van and stayed in the beach carpark (with permission) in Mulranny for a couple of nights and cycled to Achill Island and back. We then moved onto Achill Island and had several days there.

Downings / Downies in Donegal and

The Flying Boat Museum at Foynes.

Oh and don't miss the Lartigue Railway in Listowel. These might not be on the route ....

also The Sheep and Wool Centre at Leenane. So many places to visit.

Another for the Aire in Cobh (near Cork). Easy to get a train from there. We took the BritStops book with us and enjoyed a few free nights although we found being out of season and if we asked we were welcome to park up for a night or two in some spectacular places.

We did not stick to the route at all after a few days and would get the map out and see if there was anything interesting marked nearby.



One place I would avoid in future was The Gold Coast near Waterford. We had a bad experience there although Waterford is lovely and there is also a cycle route and heritage railway ....

Yep the flying boat museum is worth a visit. Whilst it sounds a bit “niche”, it’s not really and fascinating to see just how rustic international travel was back in the heyday of these things.

 

[OCD]

At the bottom of Connor pass there's multiple signs and warning lights and even a turning area to warn drivers of anything like a hgv or a high sided vehicle to stop and turn back ....oh but no..this root a couple of weeks ago tried to go for it and got rightly stuck ..think it was closed for a day so they could get him out ...clean Y front time for that so called professional driver !!

 

[Warmleys]

Hi All,

This doesn’t seem the right place to post this but I can’t find a better one…

We’re off to Ireland for a month in August. We plan to do the Northern half of the WAW from Galwey to the top of Donegal. Our method is to drive short distances and stay a couple of days in each place. We’re pretty self sufficient - the main limitation is needing a black tank emptying site every 4 days max.

When we did the North Coast 500, we almost didn’t go because of all the dire warnings we were given of how busy it would be. Other than the formal campsites (which we don’t tend to use), we didn’t find this at all - especially as we tend to arrive places to stop by lunchtime. We found plenty of gorgeous stops - mainly in harbours and by beaches. So, I’d be grateful for some realistic advice/insight from those who have travelled it.

What I’d love to know is what the WAW is like to travel in a MoHo (in August)?

- Is it busy at the informal and semi-formal Moho stops in nice locations?
- Looking at the site finding apps (and Motorhome Ireland) there don’t seem to be that many places to park. Is that right?
- How easy is it to find services (water, grey & black emptying)?
- Are there any local conventions/expectations that we should know about (beyond the usual, sensible courtesies)?

Thanks a million

Chris

We did it for 6 weeks last year and was. Great. The people are so friendly and the views outstanding. We wild camped a lot and that was fun

 

[amarch]

We went on the WAW in September a few years back and it was wonderful. Started and ended at Fishbourne. Something like 2500miles round the coast. Lots of campsites right on the beaches which were gloriously empty. Surprisingly very few pubs near the campsites and even fewer offering trad music except at weekends. Luckily rain wasn't a problem. The wild Fuschias and Crocosmia on the roadsides were beautiful. I do remember hitting millions of catseyes on the slightly narrow roads, just seemed to nick them with my tyres!!!

 

[SOOZANDIAN]

We travelled in August 2018 for 8 weeks & mostly wild camped. We never had any issues finding somewhere to overnight. A good source of info is the Facebook Ireland Wildcampers-excelent & very helpful. Most of the pubs also offer stopovers especially in remote areas like Donegal. Another option is the Waterway Authorities & small Port Authorities who have great facilities for 12 euros.

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