Ireland's North Coast | A 1,600 Mile Road Trip
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
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We continue our road trip from the very north of the Wild Atlantic Way, at Downings Beach, before heading off road into the Irish countryside, grabbing lunch at a village pub and staying in an AirBnB on a mountainside..
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Locations:
- Drive on beach: Downings Beach
- Off Roading: 20 minutes from Downing Beach, driving from Downing Beach to The Narrow Quarter pub
- Pub: The Narrow Quarter, Main street, Carrowkeel, Kerrykeel, Co. Donegal, F92 AY0X, Ireland
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Can confirm Airalo works very well. (you must follow and understand the setting up instructions first mind!)
Used it on the last world cruise and worked in every country we tried. This time round rather than specific countries I will get the 'whole world' option which is extremely good value.
Airalo is a good thing. Have used it in the US, Europe and Singapore. Works seamlessly, just follow the instructions.
When I went through Denmark I couldn't get any data on my phone so I used Maya Mobile (same thing) for the rest of my journey, installing it into my second Sim slot as an e-SIM. It's a good backup to have when you rely on your phone as a SatNav and you are going through multiple countries.
@@richardbartlett6932I’m so glad to hear it worked well on your big trip, Richard!
Met Freddie today at gold top real nice bloke took time to come over and shake hands. Roy
That lovely salty sand does wonders for chassis rails ,oil seals and wheel bearings. Having seen the results of and having to repair vehicles which have been driven on beaches my own landrover is kept well away from the stuff.
Freddie that cow was a very healthy bull 🐂
This shows my lack of knowledge😆
9:41 Another vintage Freddie moment :)
We're just watching it and sat laughing our heads off. Cows with balls the size of footballs 😂
Fantastic video of your Irish trip. And you have me recorded there as I drove through Kerrykeel. Was part of a vintage rally. Hope your Irish trip went well.
No way!🚗 That’s brilliant that Monika recorded you driving past. Such an eclectic car mix👌🏻👌🏻
What’s the chances!
@@FreddieDobbs 1994 SL. Myself and my daughter. Was on a fundraising vintage rally for a local school. I was just up on holidays at the time and only got into the rally by chance
Here I was thinking you were the “tourist traffic” Freddie had not noticed yet.
Those 'abandoned' houses are generally 'famine' cottages, over 180 years old. The owners would have either died of starvation or immigrated to escape starvation. Those areas of Ireland are now massively depopulated, so no one to live in those cottages. Some do get restored, but cheaper to build new, with modern heat retention, larger, on less exposed plots.
Thank you for confirming this. I noticed Donegal’s population went from 250,000, to about half that during the famine😳 And it’s still nowhere near its peak number
What caused the famine?
@@tbillington it wasn't actually a famine'. The Irish were forced to eat potatoes, the rest of the crops and livestock were exported to Britain... The potato crop failed due to blight and the Irish were forced to starve to death while still producing some of the best quality food...
@@bluefoam thanks, did some more reading. What an intense period for the country. Kind of worrying the amount of land being owned by a few, with cash flowing offshore is happening again in parts of the world.
Migrant stumbles on this beach, tells his extended family who tells all their families and before you know it will resemble Beirut , good luck
Wow Freddie & Monica! You should be working for Failte Ireland!
Thanks for making my country look so good.
Great video. 🇮🇪
But can you imagine living in those isolated area in the winter. Not forgetting how much more rain Donegal and the West experience ..really beautiful in the summer weather you had. Thanks again for another cracking vlog
Damn you Freddie.
Was watching this video, started looking at Ferries to Ireland, because Melani has never been there, one thing led to another and I've now got a fully loaded campervan, a trailer with the HD48 and the Triumph Scrambler 900 strapped down and a ferry booked for tomorrow, 8am to France, destination Lake Como, Italy via Switzerland on a 10 day road trip........😂😂😂
Man, I love your channel
You and Monika are beautiful people.thank you for how you do what you do. Legends
That’s extremely kind of you to say so, thank you🙌🏻
Am off to western Ireland in 2 weeks can’t wait to visit the country it’s been many years (15)since I was last in Ireland & that was Dublin Thank you Freddie & Monica
Yet a wonderful video you have focused my mind on things as a Northern Irish biker I take for granted!
I am inspired to go more up to Donegal to explore and enjoy the craic , slower pace which we take for granted.
I do hope that you both have enjoyed Ireland and could enjoy a biker trip as we have so many hidden gems that you could explore!
We have a group of biker buddies stared on FB by four of us ISLAND CLASSICS that now has attracted many people throughout the world!
There are many special bikes and collections of bikes I feel you could enjoy. Very happy to see you guys for a hook up if you ever make it back in the Larne area!.
Jeep looks super job and does take the strain for major road trips.
I so enjoy your weekly updates and presentation.
Regards
John
Fred as a tour guide you only jumped past the tree house AND in my opinion the most beautiful stretch of coast in the whole of the British Isles - the Antrim Coast (by the way I’m from Devon so not being partisan!). Two years ago I rode my tiny two stroke YB100 from my home in the Cotswolds around the entire coastline of Ireland - 1800 miles, amazing.
Ahhhhhhhh, I’ll screen shot this and will visit next time- thanks for this. That is a COLOSSAL trip on a YB100!!🇮🇪
Light is right 😊
@@FreddieDobbs it’s all on YT! Ireland is a stunning place there is so much to see - btw I’m in my 70s, fat and was inspired to get off my backside by other RUclipsrs! Thanks for your videos Freddie!
That Wrangler looks really at home driving through the rugged Irish countryside. What a beautiful place, hopefully I'll be able to visit one day.
I highly recommend it Keith, it’s a stunning place for a road trip!
Cracked it again Monica and Freddie brilliant video thank you.
Thank you so much, delighted you enjoyed it!
Great upload both, it took me back to my childhood, living in the west for 3.5 years and summer weekends at the beach!
Ahhhh that sounds like a glorious three years!🇮🇪
@@FreddieDobbs it had positives and negatives, the coast was definitely a big plus 😀
Thank you Freddie. Not only loving the latest series, but a great idea for buying a regional SIM. Off across Europe on the bike from next week, so this idea was superb timing!
I love Tayto crisps! Thanks for showing the parts of Ireland that prove it a wonderful part of the world.
they make great sandwiches - lashings of Kerrygold butter and Brennans white sliced pan!
Another great video! Absolutely love Ireland, even when the weather isn’t great there is something special about t! The Wild Atlantic Way on motorbike is extra special! Super friendly people, amazing food, great coffee, excellent accommodation and the roads are amazing and fairly quiet!
Looks like fun. We were on vacation last week on the Oregon coast. You driving out on the beach is just what we did down there. I love to see you enjoying the Jeep. We just picked up an EV9 GT. I'm excited to take it on a 250-mile trip across Washington state to see my parents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. There's a few of them with Wranglers built for off-roading.
Excellent video, Freddie and Monika. I visited my wife's family in Donegal a few years ago, and have to agree that it's a beautiful part of Ireland. Having said that, the whole country is both magical and mystical.
Missing the bikes, though, Freddie. Love the Wrangler, but it has two (or three, including the spare) too many wheels.
Don't forget to hose down the Jeepy thing, all over and underneath. Salty beaches really get the rust bugs breeding! And those 'cows' have got boy's bits!
Did the Air B&B not included glasses for that beer? 😁
The lovely Monika getting the toots on the horns of the passing cars... loved the video Freddie. Thanks for taking us on your journeys.
I missed every single car🤦♂️I was busy ordering my lunch and then Monika showed me this on her phone🙋🏻♀️
Great videos, I have worked in Ireland for May years and it is a fantastic place. So much so you have inspired me to visit on holiday next year. I would do the Holyhead to Dublin ferry and travel south.
Must be a good video because I initially subscribed for the bike content, but have stayed on.
Lovely AirBnB. Nice to see a good ol' record player too.
Enjoy.
You been through my father’s home town Letterkenny. Too bad you didn’t go a little further on the map and seen slieve League. Really awe inspiring
9:16 camped there a few times 🤫 truly epic, glad you had a blast in Donegal, lucky to call it my back yard.
What a coincidence! That’s idyllic for some serene camping🖤🏍️🏕️
Donegal is coming down with incredible beaches and great pubs. I haven’t been up to Downing’s for a while, but it’s a fantastic place. 😊
Good music selection. Tracy brings back memories. Have a good trip.
Good for you Freddie, taking the Jeep out on the trails. Don’t be a mall crawler. Get that Jeep muddy. 👍😜
That beach is stunning. Glad you are enjoying your Jeep. They are such a breath of fresh air compared to modern “boxes” with all the software that beeps and interferes non stop. The speakers are good so get yourself a double din head unit with car play. It’s a game changer on a Wrangler Freddie. Great video.
Really interesting as I was considering one of these- thanks for the tip🙌🏻
Mindblowingly fantastico Monika and Freddie 😻
I‘ve always ridden mainly to the south west coast in County Clare but, never knew that the
North West could be so stunning 🤩
Thanks for taking us along for a spectacular ride 👍🏽
Most people travel south of Galway. There’s stunning scenery the whole way up the west coast but the tourism numbers are, at best, 25% of the south west. Mainly down to marketing. You have far less traffic and far fewer people at each stop.
Great when u r back on the road. Cheers from us 😊
Now you've got salt encrusted sand in every nook and cranny on the underside of your newly acquired tank, I sincerely hope you're going to get it thoroughly washed off. Ignore it at your rusty peril!
Downloaded airalo app, game changer thankyou. No motorbikes but one of your best videos yet. Didnt realise the north was so stunning. I have done mid / south WAW routes. That jeep is awesome.
Thank you so much!
Fabulous video Freddie, you really need to do at weeks touring around Donegal on the bike ! I was there last Sept for a week camping. It`s such a beautiful place. We`ve been going over there for thirty five years, I`m back over camping in a couple of weeks on my bike 😄😄
Tayto cheese and onion crisps are the best!
I’m now a convert👌🏻👌🏻
Achingly gorgeous scenery. Lovely on a summer day! Beautifully shot. Love the music and Freddie's presentation as always. LOVE your channel guys. I know folk have asked before....re we ever going to get more content with Monika included?
Delighted you enjoyed your t! Monika is fairly camera shy, so even rare glimpses of her should be a surprise😆
The jeep is a great way to adventure, getting along easily on roads you’d tackle on the bike, good job. Love the Barry’s Tea in the Airbnb, very authentic
It’s so strange because I am a huge Jeep Wrangler fan but I found myself missing the Fiat. lol. Ireland looks beautiful.
Good film. I've always been surprised by the numbers of abandoned properties in rural Ireland. I know there's been hardships like famine, civil war, etc, but you would think many would have been restored by now. I guess the younger generations want to live in towns & cities for the jobs & social stuff they offer.
Exactly my thoughts during the whole trip: I’ve never seen so many abandoned buildings. I do touch on this more in the next video- I was so curious about it that I asked an AirBnB owner
Awesome video as always Freddie and Monika, much appreciated ❤ hi from Holland
Thank you and hello over in Holland👋🇳🇱
Beautifully filmed, with music choices that only served to complement. Love to Monika and you Freddie....glad you are enjoying yourselves!!
Freddie a lot of those roads that you were on were also famine road’s . People that were starving had to build roads for food .
My daughter came home from school one day and said dad do you know why those roads that seem to go nowhere why they were built . I didn’t know that they were famine roads .
Freddie so glad you’re showing my home county as a lot of people don’t realise how beautiful and rugged Donegal is 🇮🇪.
Ah The Barrys tea at the Airbnb. Thats a fine tea. I live in Canada, and had it on an Irish trip years ago. Now, it's the only black tea I'll ever drink. Thank God you can get it here at a few grocery stores. Nice video again!
Great trip as usual, I need Monika to book my holidays….. 😂
If it were me booking things, it’d look very different!😆
You couldn’t of done that trip in the fiat Freddie lovely scenery the jeep’s perfect for that kinda journey 👍🏻
Great video Freddie. I recently got my first motorbike. A 2024 Royal Enfield Interceptor 650. They have updated a few little things over the older model, including a YSH charger hidden under the handlebar just like on the classic 350. Im sure your busy and have lots of other content planned. But Id really love to see an updated review on the bike and hear your thoughts on it now. If this isn’t possible I understand. But If so, I would love to see that.
That big wide opening kinda reminds me of Wyoming in a way. Freak beautiful and you can see so far into the distance
I well remember the view down a bonnet of a Wrangler. They seem so long. Great place to stay at the end. Nick
The Jeep looks to be in its element, it looks very cool! 👏👍😀
Thanks Anton, I LOVE it! It’s so fun for road trips and long distances. I cannot wait for the next!
Irelansd is a lovely place to go, a lot cheaper on a motorbike for the ferry. The roads are great as are the people. It's always a pleasure to visit Ireland. Love Tayto crisps as well.
Thanks Freddie for sharing a part of the world I’ve never seen and wondered what it was like there😊
A great video that has made me want to go there on the bike. Unfortunately, only 4/10 on the trouser score for this one 😀😀😀
The big building was probably a livestock barn for sheep or cattle or pigs.
Tayto crisps, and Barrys Tea........
Good morning to fredie & Monica ❤
Good morning Kaizen👋 Have a great day!
Freddy and Monica, congratulations on the Jeep purchase. I have owned many jeeps in my life (3 prior Wranglers YJ and 2 TJs, Cherokee and Grand Wagoneer). I am currently rehabbing my TJ Sahara it’s a 2004. Can’t wait to get on the road. Question, have you camped with y’all’s new tent. We are looking to purchase one, however Decathlon will not ship to Texas, USA. If you are ever in Texas, give us a shout we’d be happy to take you to our “little” stretch of beach on Padre Island national seashore.
Another fabulous video, pure artistic styling 👌
Thanks very much🙌🏻
Fabulous Freddie, loved watching that. We have to ship a box of Tayto crisps (Northern Ireland Tayto from Tayto Castle, Tandragee) every now and then to my sister in Munich. They're that good!!
Absolutely stunning countryside
So watchable … thanks guys 🤗⭐️
I sense a little Irish cottage in the future for F&M...😊
You may want to carry a spare gas can with you, Freddie, if you'll be doin' more off roadin' in the future. They make some that you can attach to the outside of your Jeep so you don't smell its fumes. Happy trailin'.
Ahhhh thanks for this- I’ll do some googling👌🏻👌🏻
What a beautiful country side, and the Jeep looks right at home!
How are you enjoying your new ride?
Thanks for taking this American along!!
Making good use of the Wrangler!
Definitely! I bought it to be everything from an everyday car, to road tripper and off roader. I’m very curious to see how things go with it!
❤❤❤❤❤❤@@FreddieDobbs
Outstanding video. Monica is amazing
Great scenery. I like The Matrix effect on the Jeeps radio, very cool 👌
That beach and view looked awesome 👍
Welcome home Freddie
Thank you Kealan!
@FreddieDobbs did you catch up with your relatives?
Thanks for sharing, it’s a great part of the world .
People were only too happy to move into modern homes in the 1960s and 70s. Old houses were cold, draughty and cramped. Nowadays people have started renovating some of the old ruins but it’s actually very expensive to do. Less expensive to build a new house in most cases. Lime mortar, natural slates, stonemasons, timber sash windows etc. Gets expensive quickly.
Some though, are abandoned since the famine. Just sitting there for the best part of two centuries.
Great video! Next trip: Iceland!
We were genuinely discussing just this!🇮🇸
Freddie, great vid, check Thomas Heaton, photographer. He took a van from the UK via Denmark, onto a ferry to the Faroe islands & it proceeded on to Iceland.
amazing ❤
Bet you were in your element driving the Jeep along those single track dirt roads.
Great video. Surprised you didn't take the Antrim coast road on your way to Donegal, fantastic scenic drive. Has the Jeep's thirst not bankrupted you yet?
In Ireland, a lot of what you are calling " off road " is the approved road !😂.
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Stunning places, I have found that local sim’s are still the cheapest form of data. You do pay for convenience though!
Beautiful ❤
Awesome
Awesome love from India🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳💕💕
Can you imagine the same scene in Cornwall? It'd just be a traffic jam
Yep- Monika and I were discussing exactly this recently Cornwall. Totally agree
7:18 - looks just like Utah or New Mexico or many parts of the 'Murcan West....
'Murcans don't get Europe. 1 pub screams till 3:30 while another closes at 8. Here, 1 is a bar, the other we'd call a restaurant, unless there's some other Irish secret to such things....
Probably started life as a normal pub and found there was more money in serving food. In a low population area, the few late night drinkers probably go somewhere else that isn’t full of families and kids having dinner so they end up closing early. Personally I think you shouldn’t even be allowed to call yourself a pub unless you’re open normal bar hours.
You do love your wet deserts, Freddie! I'm afraid they don't appeal to me, they are too bleak, especially knowing what has been lost. (People, communities, flora and fauna). But a great playground for the jeep.
Wow! That’s a bleak outlook! Living in the south of England I look around me and feel claustrophobic with all the people, I see the green spaces shrinking, the rubbish piling up, the bans being imposed on this, that and the other, the McD’s and Costa’s being built because there’s a spare mile of road in between the others, I see our crime infested cities, I see and feel the anger building and burning in everyone and I look at Freddie’s video of Donegal and it looks like a little slice of heaven.
Agreed but they are a political cartoonist so perhaps that somewhat shapes their worldview...I know where I'd rather be too and it isn't the Home Counties of England!
That meal looks similar to one of indian dishes
Tayto cheese and onion were the very first flavoured crisps in the world.
Hard to beat a Donegal beech!
Isn’t it!❤️🇮🇪
Everyday's a holiday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A really inspiring video
It would be cool if you can show a general map of the area that your showing?…
I know the physical Sim card makes you go on a totally different phone number while you’re using it but because of my business, I need to maintain the same number… So this new
E-sim you’re talking about does that also mean I would end up with a different phone number??…
Hi Freddie, do you use you X4 camera for recording yourself when you talk to us, like when you stand next to the bike at a distance explaining a situation?
I'm really not a fan of beaches that allow cars to drive onto them, it's just a matter of time before it gets swamped.
Go back to bed and have a good cry
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Tayto best crisps in the world
Looks beautiful. Beach would make a good speedway track !
Wouldn’t it!😆
Great video
I'd be nervous of getting stuck in the sand but it looks fine !
I was a bit too, until I saw a Vauxhall Astra ahead of me, and I thought it’d be far too pathetic for me to turn around in the Jeep😆
Freddie, Did you know that you could get a ticket for having the phone in your line of sight on the windscreen, just saying !!
Try saying Tayto with a southern Irish accent...it'll make more sense...lol