Donegal - Wig Walk for Cancer

This weekend I traveled up to Donegal with some teachers from my school where we walked 8 miles around a peninsula. The terrain was very hilly, up and down mountains and it was along the beautiful coast of the Atlantic. As you can see, I'm sporting a very fashionable wig. Everyone on the walk wore wigs, as it was a cherity walk to support Cancer. In the below picture you can see many funky wigs. I think I got one of the more fashionable wigs :)

It was a very rainy day, or a very 'typical Irish Day' as the locals were calling it. Although it rained for most the walk and the skies were very overcast, dark and grey, it was still absolutely gorgeous. It made Ireland look even more mystical and how you would imagine Ireland to look... low clouds over lush green mountains and the dark blue sea.

We passed many cows and sheep on the walk, this particular cow was watching us all go by. I think we were a sight for him as were walking in our multicolored wigs.
In the distance you can see the Atlantic Ocean.

There is a road in the distance, that was a road that I would soon be walking on.


If you look close you can see a thatched roof cottage, right next to the sea.
This white house was right on the Atlantic coast. What an amazing vacation home!
The Irish people who used to live in this area over a hundred years ago would have been very impoverished people who struggled to survive. Since this area is so far north there really was not much for the people to do other than have a very small farm with a couple hens, maybe a cow and a small potato crop. During the Irish Potato Famine in 1845, many of the people living in areas like this would have either died from starvation or would have tried to immigrate to the US. The Irish people that lived in this absolutely georgous area would have not seen the beauty that we saw today. They would have looked only at tomorrow and only thought about a way to feed their family. We live in such a blessed time today!
If you look really closely you will see another thatched roof cottage. This cottage is probably over two hundred years old.




I of course got to see a dog on my walk. I'm not sure if this cute little dog had a home or not but he was seeming to enjoy the view.

I'm nearing the end of my walk and I'm still wearing my wig!
After the walk we decided to take a walk on the shore.
I'm standing in front of the bed and breakfast that we stayed at while we were in Downings, Donegal.

It was a great walk and I got to see one of the most beautiful areas of Ireland.