This morning we drive back into Co. Mayo to visit the National Museum of Country Life in Castlebar - part of the National Museum of Ireland. In contrast, we travel on towards Foxford to meet Tom Hennigan, a Mayo man with a story to tell. For six generations his family survived here on 10 acres of poor land, with spirit unbroken; an insight into life in Mayo in a ‘real place’.

After a welcome cup of tea, we continue our journey to our second hotel, the Teach Iorrais in the small village of Geesala, said to be the inspiration for “The Playboy of the Western World”.

This morning we travel to the Belmullet Peninsula and down to Blacksod Lighthouse, with a view across to Achill Island. We call at the small Eachleim Heritage Centre, a fascinating local collection of memorabilia relating to the history of West Mayo - most notably the tragic drownings off Elly Bay and Inishkea.

In the afternoon we travel along the north coast, calling at the famous Céide Fields, the most extensive Stone Age farmed landscape in the world (at 5,000 years old it predates the Egyptian Pyramids).

After a relaxing breakfast we commence our homeward journey with a short mid-morning stop at Foxford Woollen Mill and in Sligo around lunch time. We arrive back in Belfast around 6.00pm.